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NEXT NEXT NEXT NEXT 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 5 10 15 20 25 Player 1 0 Player 3 0 Player 2 0 Player 4 0 What is a giant ball of hot gases that undergo nuclear fusion? Show Answer Answer for 5 Points A Star Back to Board The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows that main sequence stars Show Answer Answer for 5 Points Increase in brightness as they increase in temperature Back to Board Characteristics used to classify stars include….. Name 3 Show Answer Answer for 5 Points Size, brightness, and temperature Back to Board What color are the coolest stars? Show Answer Answer for 5 Points red Back to Board The Variable that determines whether a protostar becomes a star is its Show Answer Answer for 5 Points Mass Back to Board A supernova is the explosion of a dying ___________ star. Show Answer Answer for 10 Points High-Mass Star Back to Board All stars begin as part of a large cloud of gas and dust called a __________. Show Answer Answer for 10 Points nebula Back to Board A spinning neutron star is called a(n) _________. Show Answer Answer for 10 Points Pulsar Back to Board Magnetic storms are a result of an increase in solar wind caused by eruptions on the sun called _________________. Show Answer Answer for 10 Points Solar Flares Back to Board Astronomers typically measure distances to stars in units called ____________. Show Answer Answer for 10 Points Light-Years Back to Board The remains of a star that has no fuel but glows faintly is a __________ dwarf. Show Answer Answer for 15 Points White dwarf Back to Board The dense middle layer of the sun where energy moves slowly outward in the form of ___________ is called the radiation zone. Show Answer Answer for 15 Points Electromagnetic radiation Back to Board A star’s ______________ is the brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth. Show Answer Answer for 15 points Absolute brightness Back to Board A star’s ______________ is its brightness as seen from Earth. Show Answer Answer for 15 Points Apparent brightness Back to Board A device that breaks light into colors and produces an image of the spectrum is a _____________. Show Answer Answer for 15 Points Spectrograph Back to Board A star’s surface temperature and its _________ are directly related. Show Answer Answer for 20 Points Color Back to Board The region of the H-R diagram that most stars fall within is the ______ sequence. Show Answer Answer for 20 Points Main Back to Board A graph of stars showing surface temperature on the x-axis and _________ on the y-axis is a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Show Answer Answer for 20 Points Absolute brightness Back to Board What determines the life cycle of a star? Show Answer Answer for 20 Points Its Mass Back to Board When is a star born? Show Answer Answer for 20 Points When nuclear fusion starts. Back to Board An explosion that occurs at the end of a massive star’s life is a(n) ____________________. Show Answer Answer for 25 Points Supernova Back to Board A(n) _____________________ forms from the leftover material from a supernova; it may contain as much as three times the mass of the sun. Show Answer Answer for 25 Points Neutron star Back to Board Areas of gas on the sun’s surface that are cooler than the gases around them are Show Answer Answer for 25 Points Sunspots Back to Board The sun produces energy through Show Answer Answer for 25 Points Nuclear Fusion Back to Board The sun’s layers, from the innermost to outermost, are the core, ___________________ and convection zone. Show Answer Answer for 25 Points Radiative zone Back to Board Authored by Jeff Ertzberger - 2004 University of North Carolina at Wilmington All rights reserved. All Clipart and Sounds Copyright Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Office Gallery Online – All Rights Reserved. Some images have been modified from original version. This presentation may not be sold, or redistributed without written permission, and may only be used for non-profit educational use. Using and Distributing this Template You are free to use this template in non-profit educational settings. If you improve it, I ask that you send it back to me with your improvements so that I can share it with others. You will be given credit for your improvements. If your improvements include media such as: clip art, pictures, sounds, etc be sure that you obtain permission to use and distribute those before sending it to me. Send improvements to: End It [email protected]