Write a one paragraph summary of the article and answer these questions:
What new scientific information or discoveries were made?
Who made these discoveries?
What evidence was used to come to the conclusions?
TEST: Thursday May 13
A Star's Life Study Guide
What is a nebula?
When does a star's "life" begin? At what point do we call something a star?
What element is being fused in a star?
What are the stages of a stars life for low, medium and massive stars?
What is the relationship between a stars mass and its how long it will live. Explain your answer.
What is an H-R diagram? How is it useful to astronomers?
What is the relationship between a star's temperature and its brightness?
List the colors of stars from coolest to hottest.
Be able to identify the different types of stars on an H-R diagram.
What types of stars will supernova?
What can happen after a supernova?
What is a black hole?
What is a neutron star?
What is a pulsar?
Life Cycle of Stars
Stellar Spectra
SPACE ARTICLE REVIEW
WEBSITES
http://www.space.com/
http://www.newscientist.com/section/space
http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/space_time/
http://www.astronomytoday.com/astronomy.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/space
Write a one paragraph summary of the article and answer these questions:
TEST: Thursday May 13
A Star's Life Study Guide
What is a nebula?
When does a star's "life" begin? At what point do we call something a star?
What element is being fused in a star?
What are the stages of a stars life for low, medium and massive stars?
What is the relationship between a stars mass and its how long it will live. Explain your answer.
What is an H-R diagram? How is it useful to astronomers?
What is the relationship between a star's temperature and its brightness?
List the colors of stars from coolest to hottest.
Be able to identify the different types of stars on an H-R diagram.
What types of stars will supernova?
What can happen after a supernova?
What is a black hole?
What is a neutron star?
What is a pulsar?