Cosmology

The distance that light travels in one year...

• Light year
• Quantumyear
• Stellar-year
• 1 million kilometers

How are the stars on the HR diagram plotted?

• Size & Density

• Temperature & Luminosity

• Age & Luminosity

• Temperature & Size

Based on this diagram which type of stars are extremely bright, but not very hot?

• Main Sequence Stars
• Giants/Super Giants

• White Dwarfs

Based on this diagram which type of stars would be very hot, but not very bright?

• Main Sequence Stars
• Giants
• Super Giants
• White Dwarfs

Based on this diagram which type of stars increase in brightness as their temperature increases?

• Main Sequence Stars
• Giants
• Super Giants
• White Dwarfs

Which category is our Sun located in?

• White Dwarfs
• Supergiants
• Main Sequence
• Giants

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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

• pulsar
• red giant 
• supernova
• black hole

What is the name of the gas/dust clouds that form stars?

• Nebulas
• Protostars 
• Supernova
• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Russia sent the first artificial satellite, ______________, into Earth's orbit

• Explorer 1

• Apollo 1

• Sputnik 1

• Gemini 1

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

• John Glenn

• Alan Shepard

• Neil Armstrong

• Yuri Gagarin