How Stars Are Born — Questions and answers

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What is the name of the city where Aya and Vivaan live?

Choices

  1. Melodia ✓
  2. Chiming City
  3. Gear Town
  4. Cloud City

Answer: Melodia

From page 1

What instrument did Aya's father use to explain how stars are made?

Choices

  1. A drum set
  2. A pipe organ ✓
  3. A guitar
  4. A piano

Answer: A pipe organ

From page 2

According to Father, why was it hard for scientists to figure out what stars were made of for a long time?

Choices

  1. They were too far away to see clearly.
  2. They couldn't touch the stars. ✓
  3. There weren't enough scientists.
  4. The storms on Earth were too strong.

Answer: They couldn't touch the stars.

From page 4

What challenge did Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin face when making her discovery?

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  1. She couldn't find a telescope.
  2. Many people didn't believe a woman could make such a discovery. ✓
  3. The stars were too far away to study.
  4. She didn't have enough time.

Answer: Many people didn't believe a woman could make such a discovery.

From page 5

What two simple gases did Cecilia Payne prove stars are almost entirely made of?

Choices

  1. Oxygen and Carbon
  2. Nitrogen and Methane
  3. Hydrogen and Helium ✓
  4. Neon and Argon

Answer: Hydrogen and Helium

From page 6

What did Aya excitedly compare the gas in a nebula to?

Choices

  1. The keys of a piano
  2. The air in a pipe organ ✓
  3. The music notes on a page
  4. The sound of a drum

Answer: The air in a pipe organ

From page 7

What force does Father say acts as the "musician for the stars" by pulling gas together?

Choices

  1. Wind
  2. Electricity
  3. Gravity ✓
  4. Magnetism

Answer: Gravity

From page 8

What did Carl Sagan mean by saying, 'We are made of star-stuff'?

Choices

  1. We are made of stardust that falls to Earth.
  2. The elements created inside stars eventually formed everything, including us. ✓
  3. Stars are made of the same things as humans.
  4. We all shine like stars.

Answer: The elements created inside stars eventually formed everything, including us.

From page 9

How did Aya summarize how stars are born?

Choices

  1. When lightning strikes clouds in space.
  2. When gravity squeezes giant clouds of gas together. ✓
  3. When two stars crash into each other.
  4. When they are made by giant space machines.

Answer: When gravity squeezes giant clouds of gas together.

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