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What is a nebula?
a) Cloud of gas and dust
b) A young star
c) A giant explosion of heated gases
d) A dying supergiant star

Where are stars born?
a) Black Hole
b) Supernova
c) Main Sequence
d) Nebula

Protostar means...
a) A giant star
b) A young star
c) A dying star
d) A pulsar

About how much of a star's life happens in the main sequence?
a) 25%
b) 50%
c) 90%
d) 65%

Which stars live longer?
a) Small Stars
b) Giant or Supergiant Stars
c)
d)

What happens in the giant stage?
a) Stars get hotter and expand
b) Stars get colder and shrink
c) Stars run out of fuel and collapse
d) Stars grow and explode into a supernova

If a high mass star explodes suddenly...it's called a...
a) Black Hole
b) Supernova
c) Pulsar
d) Neutron Star

A low mass star's death usually results in a...
a) Supernova
b) Black Hole
c) Neutron Star
d) Dwarf Star

What are the 2 ways a high mass star can die?
a) Dwarf and Giant Star
b) Neutron Star and Black Hole
c) Black Hole and Dwarf Star
d) Dwarf Star and Neutron Star

A black hole is black because the _______ is so strong
a) Gravity
b) Energy
c) Light
d) Fusion

About how much of our sun is hydrogen gas?
a) 75%
b) 25%
c) 10%
d) 50%

What is the most powerful force in our solar system?
a) The moon's gravity
b) The Earth's gravity
c) The sun's gravity
d) Jupiter's gravity

About how hot is the sun's core?
a) 1,500 degrees C
b) 100 million degrees C
c) 150,000 degrees C
d) 15 million degrees C

What layer is the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere?
a) Corona
b) Photosphere
c) Chromosphere
d) Core

What layer of the sun is only seen during a total solar eclipse?
a) Core
b) Chromosphere
c) Photosphere
d) Corona

What layer of the sun means light, and is the layer that gives off the light we see?
a) Chromosphere
b) Photosphere
c) Sunspots
d) Prominences

What layer of the sun means color and gives us the color we see?
a) Chromosphere
b) Photosphere
c) Corona
d) Core

What are the cooler, darker areas on the sun's surface called?
a) Sunspots
b) Prominences
c) Solar Wind
d) Solar Flares

What solar event can cause magnetic storms here on Earth?
a) Sunspots
b) Solar Flares
c)
d)

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