Quiz on Stars and Their Properties

An example of ______ would be if 2 stars were exactly the same but one was twice as far away it would appear dimmer.

• Parallax

• Luminosity

• Apparent brightness

• Redshift

If all stars were at exactly the same distance from you then the only difference in brightness would be caused by what?

• Distance

• Size

• Absolute Brightness

• Temperature

_______ shows us that when plain light passes through a star’s halo (or a planet’s atmosphere) its spectrum will be a full rainbow with distinct black lines where the halo (or planetary atmosphere) absorbs the light.

• Redshift

• Doppler effect

• Absorption spectrum

• Reflection

Hotter stars make more of what color light?

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

• Green

True or False: Since all stars spend most of their lives on the main sequence of the HR diagram, they all spend about the same amount of time there.

• True

• False

What color of star is the coolest?

• Blue

• Yellow

• Red

• White

A small, hot star that has exhausted all of its hydrogen fuel and is near the end of its life is called a:

• Red giant

• White dwarf

• Neutron star

• Supernova

The life cycles of stars are determined by their:

• Temperature

• Mass

• Color

• Distance

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are cooler

• They are farther away

• They are less massive

• They are older

Which is not an end stage of a star?

• Black hole

• Neutron star

• White dwarf

• Red giant