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Level THREE Questions (#7-10)
7. Scientists use many different tools to help them study stars.
Match the tool with information it provides.
_____ small telescope
a) X-ray images from space
_____ Hubble telescope
b) visual images from Earth
_____ Chandra observatory
c) visual images from space
8. Was the star that exploded and caused the Crab Nebula smaller or larger than our Sun?
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Based on the information presented on the poster, explain how you know.
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9. Using the chart at the right, which star could
currently represent the Sun?
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10. Based on studies of rocks, among other things, the Earth is at least 4 billion years old. Planets
have also recently been discovered around other stars. Could the star that formed supernova
1987A have had a planet as old as the Earth? Explain how you know this.
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