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Star Stuff Quiz 5

Where are Stars formed?
What is a Star?
What is "Red Shift"?
Why is a Black Hole, "Black"?
What is a Solar System?

Simplistic answers please.
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Gusman · 61-69, M
Stars are formed in Stellar Nebula/Molecular Clouds
A Star is a Giant ball of Gasses
Red Shift is the "Away" movement from point of Observation
A Black Hole is Black because no light can be emitted
A Solar System is a collection of Planets orbiting a Star

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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User Of Galaxy away from point of observation
GeniUs · 56-60, M
Without looking up the answers:
2. Wouldn't the gasses have to be burning?
4. A black hole is black because no light can escape it's immense gravitational pull. The light would not be emitted by the black hole.
Gusman · 61-69, M
The Light/Heat from Stars are a result of Nuclear Reactions. Yes. Effectively Hydrogen and Helium burning at incredible Temperatures. @GeniUs
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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User God seems to want to stay hidden lest he be proven a fraud🤔
Yes. It is the Doppler Effect.
Red Shift is the Away Movement.
Blue Shift is the Toward Movement
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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User Yeah well. The post was about Star Stuff. So, very pertinent😁
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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User The obvious reason for that was so Everyone would
understand😁
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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User A Stella Nebula is a cloud of hydrogen, helium, space dust, and plasma.
A Molecular Cloud is a transposable term for a Stella Nebula.
A Black Hole is a region of space having a gravitational field so strong that nothing can escape.
Correct. Black is not a colour. We refer to something as Black when that thing is the perfect absorber of Light
Stars can, and do exist without Planets. They are called Rogue Stars.
This is common Knowledge?
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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User Tis so.
A black crayon or marker cap absorbs all colors equally and reflects none, so it looks black to us. While artists consider black a color, scientists do not because black is the absence of all color. All light rays contain color.
So in short, black is a combination of every possible colour contained within the medium🤔 Aight?
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Gusman · 61-69, M
@SW-User Well it is here in Tasmania.🤷‍♂️🙂
And please don't call me Dude, Dude.🤨
Imma bloody Aussie, Mate. I like Football(AFL),Meat pies, Kangaroos, Holden Cars, Aeroplane Jelly and Vegemite😁