The View from Earth

the brightness of an object as seen from Earth

• apparent magnitude

• luminosity

• light-year

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

TRUE or FALSE

Longer wavelengths have low energy,

• TRUE

• FALSE

divides light into different wavelengths

• apparent magnitude

• luminosity

• spectroscope

• absolute magnitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

the distance light travels in one year

• light-year

• astronomical unit

• apparent magnitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What do astronomers use to divide the sky into regions?

• star spectra

• constellations

• astronomical units

How many regions of constellations divide the sky?

• 8 regions

• 88 regions

• 188 regions

_______ identified dozens of star patterns nearly 2,000 years ago. Today, these patterns and others like them are known as ancient constellations.

• Greek astronomer Ptolemy

• Greek astronomer Plato

What does a high apparent magnitude say about a star?

• It is very close.

• It is very far.

• It is very faint.

TRUE or FALSE

Shorter wavelengths have high energy.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

Star light provides information about the star’s _______.

• age.

• speed.

• temperature.