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Life cycleLife cycle H-R Diagram characteri stics MixedQ $100Q $200Q $300Q $400Q $500Q $100Q $100Q $100Q $100Q $200Q $200Q $200Q $200Q $300Q $300Q $300Q $300Q $400Q $400Q $400Q $400Q $500Q $500Q $500Q $500Final JeopardyJeopardy$100 AnswerBlack Hole$200 Question

In space, ______ are giant clouds of gas and dust.

nebulasglobular clustersopen clustersquasars$300 Question

A red giant becomes a _______ after it uses up the hydrogen in its core.

NebulaWhite Dwarfblack holegiant$300 Answer

White Dwarf

$100 QuestionA ______ forms when the leftovers of a supernova are so massive that they collapse to form a singularity with gravity so strong that light cannot escape it.Red giantb. Black HoleQuasar c. Pulsar

$100 QuestionThe hottest stars in space are what color?a. yellow c. blueb. redd. white

$100 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDYWhich of the following stars have a temperature range from 15,000 to 40,000 and a luminosity of between 10^-4 and 10^-2?

a. Main Sequenceb. Red Giantsc. White Dwarfsd. Blue Giants

$100 Question

In this process, stars take light elements, like Hydrogen and Helium, and form larger elements.

a. Astronomyb. Trigonometryc. chemical combinationd. Stellar Nucleosynthesis$200 Question

What do we call an extremely dense star that smashes protons and electrons together?

a. Blue Giantb. Neutron Starc. Singularityd. Black Dwarf

$200 Question

Which of the following star groups have a temperature range from 15,000 to 30,000 and a luminosity of about 10^-6?

a. Main Sequenceb. Red Giantsc. White Dwarfsd. Blue Giants

$200 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDYA sequence of star colors from hottest to coolest is _____.

a. blue, yellow, orange, redb. red, orange, yellow, bluec. blue, red, yellow, oranged. yellow, blue, orange, red

$200 Question

This process makes stars shine.

a. Astronomyb. Trigonometryc. chemical combinationd. Fusion$300 Question

When a star begins the process of nuclear fusion and ignites, it is in what phase of its life cycle?

a. Nebulab. Supernovac. Main Sequenced. Proto-Star

$300 Question

Which of the following star groups have a temperature range from 3,000 to 10,000 and a luminosity of around 10^-2?

a. Main Sequenceb. Red Giantsc. White Dwarfsd. Blue Giants

$300 QuestionIf two stars are different colors, we can infer that they have different

a. chemical compositionsb. body mass indexc. shapesd. temperature$300 Question

Which stars are the brightest?a. A and Gc. D and Fb. B and Cd. G and E

$400 Question

Stars that never actually reach fusion are classified as what? (Jupiter is one!)

a. Black Holeb. Supernovaec. Quasard. Brown Dwarf

$400 Question

Which star is least bright?Ac. CBd. D

$400 QuestionThe parallax method can be used to determine the distance of a star from Earth. However, the parallax method loses accuracy if the star is tooa. brightc. far awayb. large d. hot

$400 Question

_____________ is the unit of measurement we use when talking about the distance to stars.$500 Question

When small stars run out of fuel, and have no more energy to shine, they turn into this mass of carbon.

Brown dwarfWhite dwarfBlack dwarfquasar

$500 QuestionThe H-R diagram has become a tool for studying the nature of stars because it shows how stars

Are classified by brightnessAre classified by temperatureChange over timeAll of the above

$500 QuestionThe distance to nearby stars can be measured by using _______.

a. absolute magnitudeb. temperature c. colord. parallax

$500 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Which star is brighter? A star with a magnitude of 10^-6A star with a magnitude of 10^4

Final JeopardyOur nearest red supergiant, Betelgeuse is 640 light years away.If Betelgeuse became a supernova in 1961, how many more years would it be until we saw the supernova here on Earth?$400 AnswerD$500 AnswerAll of the above$100 Answer blue$200 Answerblue, yellow, orange, red$300 Answer temperature$400 Answerfar away$500 Answerparallax$100 Answer

Stellar Nucleosynthesis$200 Answer

Fusion$300 Answer

A and G$400 Answer

Light year$500 Answer

A star with a magnitude of 10^-6Final Jeopardy Answer590 more years!!