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White Dwarfs: Quiz
White Dwarfs Quiz
Smaller white dwarfs are less massive.
[A] True
[B] False
[C] We don't know.
White dwarfs come from
[A] Low mass stars
[B] High mass stars
[C] Pulsars
[D] Black Holes
What is the Chandrasekhar limit?
[A] The farthest distance that we have been able to find white dwarfs
[B] The largest white dwarf found
[C] A limit on the amount of mass a white dwarf can have
[D] A limit on the number of white dwarfs we expect to find
