Posted: October 21, 2010
Chapter 15 Review
What to review???
1. Life of a star
a. Evolution of a star-beginning, development and end
b. Differences between Low mass stars and those 10 times the mass of the sun
c. How did nebulas get its name?
d. Neutron stars, name and describe one type
e. Black hole
f. Red giants, red supergiants, white dwarfs
2. Know chapter vocabulary
3. Study section questions assigned from the book
4. Origin of Planets:
a. Evidence that others may exist
b. Main stages of formation of solar system
5. How the gas giants were thought to be formed and what the remaining matter formed
6. Wave lengths red/violet....what do they mean? Explain how they work using diagram and words
7. Red shift
8. Big bang theory