In the world of stars - class-VII

in the world of stars

17 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What type of star is our Sun? 

  1. low-mass star
  2. intermediate-mass star
  3. high-mass star
  4. blackhole
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What do astronomers mean when they say that we are all "star stuff"? 

  1. that life would be impossible without energy from the Sun
  2. that life would be possible without energy from the Sun
  3. that the carbon, oxygen, and many elements essential to life were created by nucleosynthesis in stellar cores
  4. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The brightness of a star which can be seen from earth is called

  1. absolute magnitude
  2. apparent magnitude
  3. light year
  4. parallax
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the first stage of a stars life.

  1. Nebula collapsing under itself
  2. Supernova of old star
  3. Planets collapsing
  4. Fusion of atoms
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

All stars are born in what phase of their lifecycle?

  1. Supernova
  2. Red giant
  3. main sequence
  4. stellar nebula
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What happens during the Main Sequence phase of a star?

  1. Hydrogen atoms are fused into helium atoms
  2. The star explodes and releases energy
  3. Helium atoms are fused into heavy elements
  4. The star is born out of dust and gas
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A main sequence star is 

  1. A star that shines steadily due to nuclear fusion
  2. Several stars close together
  3. A star with planets orbiting it
  4. A Nebula that skips a protostar and is instantly turns into a star.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is a Star?

  1. A cloud of particles held together loosely by their own collective gravity
  2. A very big collection of matter, mostly gas compressed to incredible pressure and heat by gravity.
  3. A nuclear explosion caused by a growth of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star
  4. A ball of gas.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the process that forms heavy elements from atoms like helium?

  1. Nuclear Fission
  2. Attraction
  3. Conjugation
  4. Nuclear Fusion
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A star in the main sequence will maintain a constant size

  1. as long as its helium supply holds out.
  2. because its tendency to contract is opposed by the pressure of the hot interior.
  3. until it is devoured by black holes.
  4. provided that gravitational collapse does not overwhelm its photosphere.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Stars are believed to originate

  1. in clouds composed largely of hydrogen gas.
  2. when black holes eject excess matter and energy.
  3. when a supernova explode.
  4. when a cloud of helium starts to collapse and breaks into constituent protons (hydrogen atoms).
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A protostar is a developing star not yet hot enough to engage in the process of:

  1. nuclear fusion
  2. nuclear fission
  3. atomic transmission
  4. atomic emission
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The gaseous body that continues to form, now appears as a large red object called a:

  1. protostar
  2. red dwarf
  3. red star port
  4. red giant
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does the forming star become when the outward pressure equals the inward force of gravity?

  1. stable main-sequence star
  2. unstable secondary white dwarf
  3. unstable main-sequence star
  4. stable secondary red giant
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When the core of a protostar reaches 10 million degrees Kelvin, the pressure is so great that the nuclear fusion of which gas begins?

  1. hydroxide
  2. hydrogen
  3. heliogen
  4. hydrogate
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

After the initial contraction and when the temperature rises high enough, energy is radiated from the surface in the form of:

  1. short-wavelength red light
  2. short-wavelength blue light
  3. long-wavelength red light
  4. long-wavelength orange light
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the range of star masses for high-mass stars? 

  1. between 500 and about 1,000 solar masses
  2. between 200 and about 500 solar masses
  3. between 8 and about 100 solar masses
  4. between 2 and about 10 solar masses