Stars and Galaxies

Lisa Hindriks

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  1. A White Dwarf is:

    2. Your answer:
    One of Snow White's little friends
    A small hot condensed star
    A star at the beginning of its life

  2. The color of the hottest stars are:

    3. Your answer:
    Blue
    White
    Yellow

  3. A protostar is:

    4. Your answer:
    A star that has died
    The formation of a new star
    An enormous star with little heat

  4. A black hole is:

    5. Your answer:
    A star that doesn't emit light
    An empty hole in space with great gravitational force
    A dense hole in space with great gravitational force

  5. A quasar is a:

    6. Your answer:
    Dim object in the Universe that has low energy
    A bright star cluster
    Mass so bright it drowns out other light

  6. A light year is:

    7. Your answer:
    The distance the sun travels around the Milky Way Galaxy
    The distance light travels in one year
    The distance light travels in 24 hours

  7. The Small and Large Magallenic Clouds are:

    8. Your answer:
    Clouds of Globular Clusters
    Small galaxies that orbit the Milky Way
    Quasars

  8. When our star has died and has used up all of its fuel it will be a:

    9. Your answer:
    Red Giant
    Black Dwarf
    White Dwarf

  9. The Milky Way is a(an):

    10. Your answer:
    Irregular Galaxy
    Elliptical Galaxy
    Spiral Galaxy

  10. Everything that exists is part of the:

    11. Your answer:
    Solar System
    Universe
    Milky Way Galaxy

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