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Compared to the star it evolved from, a white dwarf is 

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  1. hotter and brighter.

  2. hotter and dimmer.

  3. cooler and brighter.

  4. cooler and dimmer.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A star's temperature is only 5,800 K, while a white dwarf has a temperature of 100,000 K. A white dwarf's faint luminosity comes from the emission of stored thermal energy; no fusion takes place in a white dwarf wherein mass is converted to energy. Hence it is dimmer than star

What happens to the core of a star after a planetary nebula occurs? 

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  1. It contracts from a protostar to a main-sequence star.

  2. It breaks apart in a violent explosion.

  3. It becomes a white dwarf.

  4. It becomes a neutron star.

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Correct Option: C

During which of the following phases does the core of a massive star have so much gravity that even light can't escape?

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  1. Neutron Star

  2. Supernova

  3. White Dwarf

  4. Black Hole

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Once a black hole has formed, it can continue to grow by absorbing mass from its surroundings. The gravitational force becomes so intense that even light cannot escape from it

Why do massive stars have shorter lifespans than average stars?

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  1. They are excited to get through their lifecycles faster

  2. They have less steps in their lifecycles

  3. They burn their fuel faster

  4. They have less fuel to burn

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Massive stars live shorter lives than the common small stars because even though they have a larger amount of hydrogen for nuclear reactions, their rate of consuming their fuel is very much greater.

Which of the following lists contains ONLY heavy elements

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  1. Oxygen, Carbon, Iron

  2. Helium, Oxygen, Carbon

  3. Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon

  4. Iron, Hydrogen, Oxygen

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Helium and hydrogen being lighter gases are seen in other options other than option a. Thus , such options are incorrect options

In which of the following stages will our Sun form heavy elements?

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  1. Red giant

  2. Stellar Nebula

  3. Blackhole

  4. Main sequence

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 In approximately 5 billion years, the sun will begin the helium-burning process, turning into a red giant star. In a red giant, helium nuclei fuse to make carbon, followed by heavier elements such as nitrogen and oxygen.

After a supernova explosion, the remains of the stellar core 

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  1. will always be a neutron star.

  2. will be either a neutron star or a black hole.

  3. will always be a black hole.

  4. may be either a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole

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Correct Option: B

Analyzing the spectra of stars, the hottest stars are

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  1. red

  2. orange

  3. bluish white

  4. there is no correlation between color and temperature

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The temperature of the stars are related to their colors by weins displacement law. Larger the temperature, smaller is their wavelength. Thus, of the colors given , red has maximum wavelength and hence smaller temperature, while bluish white has lesser wavelength and highest temperature. Thus, the star that emits bluish-white color has maximum temperature

White dwarfs

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  1. are believed to be very small, perhaps about the size of the earth.

  2. contain atoms that have collapsed in the center, yet retain the standard distances between nuclei and electrons.

  3. are totally hypothetical stars, based on the best theories, but have never been observed directly.

  4. are found only on the far edge of the universe.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

White dwarf stars are characterized by a low luminosity, a mass on the order of that of the Sun, and a radius comparable to that of Earth.

Most stars give off energy

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  1. By nuclear fission or elements heavier than carbon.

  2. By the proton cycle or the carbon cycle.

  3. Drawing it from the virtual vacuum through a black hole.

  4. By burning hydrogen and giving off water vapor.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The protonproton chain reaction is one of two known sets of nuclear fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium. Using this method, the stars convert particles to energy