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Very large groupings of stars
Brightess as seen from the same distance (actual brightness)
True or false: The universe is about 13.7 billion years old.
How long a star lives depends on its _______.
A contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star
Astronomer who stated that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away from us (last name only)
An object with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape
The brightness of a star depends upon both its size and ___________.
The distance that light travels in one year
Scientific notation uses powers of this number to write very large or very small numbers
Large cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system
True or false: Our sun is a medium-sized star.
Leftover thermal (heat) energy from the big bang
A protostar becomes a star when _________ begins.
If a star is blue, is it hot or cool?
The diagonal area of stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
Do neutron stars form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
Star systems that have two stars
Matter that does not give off electromagnetic radiation
Which stars live longer lives: high mass stars or low mass stars?
When the dim star blocks light from the bright star in a binary star
Small asteroid-like and comet-like bodies that collided to form the planets
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Unknown force that is causing the universe to expand
Type of star cluster that is tightly packed with over a million stars
Do white dwarves form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
Explosion that created our universe
The galaxy that our solar system is located in
Group of two or more stars
Type of galaxy that is shaped like a stretched out ball
Huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
Type of galaxy with a bulge in the middle and arms that spiral outward
Type of galaxy that does not have a regular shape
The apparent change in position of an object when you look at it from different places.
Do supergiants form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
Do red giants form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
Do black holes form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
Does a planetary nebula form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
Type of star cluster that is loosely packed with only a few thousand stars
If a star is red, is it hot or cool?
The blue-white core of a star that is left behind and cools becomes a ________.
Do supernovas form from high mass stars or low mass stars?
The explosion of a supergiant
Brightness as seen from Earth
Large cloud of gas and dust from which stars form
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Ch 4 Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Quiz

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  • Created May 19, 2011 in Science
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