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What is a nebula?
A young star
A large cloud of dust and gas
A star at the end of its life
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What pulls the gas and dust in a nebula together, to form a protostar?
Space pressure
The electrostatic attraction between particles
The attraction of gravity
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As a protostar grows in size and attracts more particles from the surrounding nebula, what changes may take place within it?
(Select all that apply)
It becomes more dense
The star explodes
The protostar dissipates back into a nebula
Nuclear fusion could initiate
The temperature increases
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Once nuclear fusion starts in a protostar, what does it become?
A supernova
A black hole
A main sequence star
A white dwarf
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inward / outward / sideways
The energy released from nuclear fusion creates an pressure that balances against the pressure from gravity.
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What stage of a star's life cycle is the sun currently in?
(Only the star at the centre of our solar system is called the 'sun'. All other stars are just stars)
Main sequence star
Red giant
Protostar
Nebula
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After the main sequence, what could a star become?
A red super giant
A red giant
A green giant
A brown giant
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It's important that you know which elements nuclear fusion forms at each stage of a stars life cycle.
A sequence star only fuses together hydrogen to make .
Then in red giants or red giants, nuclear fusion can form heavier elements up to iron on the periodic table.
Elements heavier than iron are formed by .
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For a red giant, what happens next in the star's lifecycle?
It becomes a black dwarf and then a white dwarf
It collapses into a black hole
It becomes a neutron star
It becomes a white dwarf and then a black dwarf
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For a red super giant, what happens next in the star's lifecycle?
It explodes as a supernova
It becomes a white dwarf
It becomes a black dwarf
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sky / universe / giant / elements
A red super eventually explodes into a supernova. This can form even heavier than iron. These elements are ejected all across the universe.
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What two alternative things might happen to a star after a supernova explosion?
Condense into a neutron star
Become a white dwarf
Collapse into a black hole
Become a black dwarf
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Match the letters A to F on the diagram above with the following labels:
Main sequence star:
Neutron star:
White dwarf:
Protostar:
Supernova:
Black dwarf:
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