Stars and Solar System

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What characteristics are used to classify stars? (Select all that apply)
Size
Brightness
Temperature
Distance from sun
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Rank the colors of stars from hottest to coolest.
Blue, white, yellow, orange/red, red
Blue, yellow, white, orange/red, red
Red, orange/red, white, yellow, blue
Red, orange/red, yellow, white, blue
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is absolute brightness?
Brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth
How bright the star looks from Earth
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is apparent brightness?
Brightness the star would have if it were at a standard distance from Earth
How bright the star looks from Earth
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
luminous globe of gas which produces its own heat and light by nuclear reaction
Star
Spectroscope
Spectra
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is a supernova?
The start of a star's life
A collapsing galaxy
The explosion of a dying supergiant star
A small, dim star
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Peter has learned that many stars are actually larger than the sun. If this is true, why do these stars appear like points of light in the sky?
These stars are hotter than the sun.
These stars have less mass than the sun.
These stars are farther away from Earth than the sun is.
These stars are made of different chemicals than the sun.
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