MANSFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL / MULTIPLE DISABILITIES / SCIENCE
STARS & GALAXIES
Star Formation
& Galaxies!
Name:__________________________
Date:___________________________
How does a star form?
1. What is the first step in the development of a star?
A. The Star Explodes in a Super Nova
B. Hydrogen & Helium float in space
C. A cloud of Hydrogen and Helium form
2. What is the second step in the development of a star?
A. The Star Explodes in a Super Nova
B. Hydrogen & Helium float in space
C. A cloud of Hydrogen and Helium form
3. What is the third step in the development of a star?
A. The Star Explodes and becomes a black hole
B. Hydrogen & Helium float in space
C. Gravity collapses the cloud & fusion begins
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4. Once a cloud collapses, what color
is a young star, a medium aged star and a red star?
Draw a line to the right one.
A. Red
Young
B. Yellow
Old
C. Blue
Medium
5. What happens to a yellow star to make it turn into a Red Giant Star?
A. The star burns all of its Hydrogen
B. The star burns all of its Helium
C. The star runs out of both Hydrogen and Helium
6. What does a Red Giant Star Burn as its fuel?
A. The star burns Hydrogen
B. The star burns Helium
C. The star burns gasoline
7. A Red Giant will eventually burn all of its Helium and then what happens?
A. It turns into a white dwarf star
B. It turns into a brown dwarf
C. It turns into a black hole
8. What happens to a White Dwarf Star?
A. Gravity continues to consume it until it’s a black hole
B. It explodes and goes Super Nova on your momma.
C. Yeah, both of these things can happen to a White Dwarf.
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9. What happens to when a Super Nova Explodes?
A. No one has ever survived to tell us.
B. You buy a Ford not a Chevy.
C. It seeds the universe with heavier elements.
Element Review:
10. Hydrogen:
Symbol:_____ Atomic #:_____
11. Helium:
Symbol:_____ Atomic #:______
12. Iron:
Symbol____ Atomic #_____
13. The one constant in the universe is?
A. Mr. Hawkins
B. Star Dust
C. Gravity
D. Love
Match the Galaxy with its Classification!
Draw a line to the right one.
13. Spiral Galaxy
14. Elliptical Galaxy
15. Irregular Galaxy
STARS & GALAXIES