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Characteristics Of Stars
Test Description: Review questions from our Stars unit of study
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1) Stars are glowing spheres of hot...
A
Liquid
B
Dust
C
Gas
D
Metal
2) On a clear night, about how many stars can we see?
A
30,000
B
3,000
C
300
D
3,000,000
3) Which of the following is NOT a reason stars are important?
A
Navigation
B
Ocean tides
C
Telling time/seasons
D
Energy
4) How fast does light travel?
A
1,000,000 miles per hour
B
186,000 miles per second
C
500,000 miles per second
D
100 miles per hour
5) What is a light-year?
A
How long it takes light to travel 1 mile
B
How far light travels in 1 year
C
How far light travels in 1 second
D
How long it takes light to get to us from the sun
6) An astronomical unit is equal to how many miles?
A
9 Million
B
9 Thousand
C
93 Million
D
930 Million
7) Most stars are made up mostly of which two gasses?
A
Oxygen and Nitrogen
B
Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen
C
Nitrogen and Helium
D
Hydrogen and Helium
8) Hydrogen atoms combine to make helium in what process?
A
Supernova
B
Nuclear Fusion
C
Nuclear Fission
D
Black Hole
9) Based on size...the sun is a _________ star
A
Dwarf
B
Supergiant
C
Medium
D
Giant
10) Compare the star Betelgeuse and our Sun
A
Betelgeuse is much larger than our sun
B
They are about the same size
C
Betelgeuse is much smaller than our sun
11) Which type of star is about the size of Earth?
A
Neutron Star
B
Supergiant
C
White Dwarf
D
Giant
12) What is the smallest type of star?
A
Dwarf
B
Giant
C
Black Hole
D
Neutron Star
13) What color are the hottest stars?
A
Blue
B
Red
C
White
D
Orange
14) What color are the coldest stars?
A
White
B
Orange
C
Red
D
Yellow
15) What is the correct order of color from hottest stars to coldest?
A
White, Yellow, Orange, Red, Blue
B
Blue, White, Yellow, Orange, Red
C
Blue, Yellow, White, Red, Orange
D
Red, White, Yellow, Blue, Orange
16) The brightness of a star depends on all of these EXCEPT...
A
Size
B
Temperature
C
Distance
D
Amount of oxygen
17) Apparent magnitude is what?
A
How bright a star actually is
B
How bright a star looks from Earth
18) Absolute magnitude is what?
A
How bright a star looks from Earth
B
How bright a star actually is
19) The H-R in the H-R diagram stands for what?
A
Hertzsprung-Russell
B
Hoover-Reynolds
C
Harris-Richards
20) More than 90% of all stars fall into what band on the HR Diagram?
A
Giants
B
Dwarfs
C
Main Sequence
D
Supergiants
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