Stars Quiz Review

Stars are mostly made of

• Hydrogen and Lithium

• Hydrogen and Helium

• Hydrogen and Carbon

• Hydrogen and Iron

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A star's apparent magnitude is determined by its

• size

• temperature

• distance

• all are correct

Term describing how bright an object appears from Earth

• absolute magnitude

• apparent magnitude

• temperature gradient

• distance scale

Luminosity describes a star's

• absolute magnitude

• apparent magnitude

• temperature

• size

Which star is brightest? One with a number value of

• 5

• 3

• 0

• -2

What determines the color of a star?

• luminosity

• temperature

• distance

• size

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Astronomer best known for developing the current system of star classification using temperatures

• Carl Sagan

• Galileo

• Annie Jump Cannon

• Neil deGrasse Tyson

The apparent shift of position of any nearby star against the background of distant objects.

• parallax

• variable stars

• ecliptic

• cepheids

The HR Diagram is a graph of the

• star's size and brightness

• star's size and temperature

• star's temperature and luminosity

• star's temperature and distance

Most stars on the HR Diagram fit into which category of stars?

• Super Giants

• Red Giants

• White Dwarfs

• Main Sequence