Year 10 Week 3 Revision Quiz on the Universe

What colour are the hottest stars?

• red

• yellow

• orange

• blue

As our sun continues through its life cycle, it will _________ and turn into a _______________.

• gradually get smaller and smaller until it dies out/ black hole

• Gradually get larger until its outer layers drift off/ white dwarf

• become denser and denser/ protostar

• become hotter and hotter blue/ hypergiant.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

All stars begin their life in a

• Main Sequence

• Nebula

• Protostar

• Black Dwarf

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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A gigantic explosion that causes the death of a large star is called

• pulsar
• red giant 
• supernova
• black hole

Average size stars will turn into a _____ star next.

• protostar

• red giant

• supergiant

• black hole

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.

• True
• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

What is the diagram called that shows the relationship between star size and temperatures?

• bar graph

• Hertzprung Russell diagram

• star chart

• Star diagram

The further away the galaxy, the more its light has _____-shifted

In relation to apparent magnitude, the more negative a number, the _________ it appears from earth.

• brighter

• duller

• more red

• smaller

Why can't astronomers directly study the surface of Venus?

• the surface is just way too hot

• the surface is permanently obscured by thick clouds

• there is no surface of Venus

• too many active volcanoes