HR Diagram

Front

What characteristics are used to classify stars? Options: Flammability, weight, and reactivity; Temperature/color and brightness; Conductivity, luster, and density; Malleability, distance, and viscosity

Back

Temperature/color and brightness

Front

What is magnitude?

Back

degree of brightness of a star.

Front

What function does a spectroscope perform?

Back

disperses, or separates, white light from a star into a very wide spectrum of colors

Front

Using the HR diagram, choose the color of Zeta Eridani

Back

blue

Front

Which star is hotter than Deneb? Procyon, Sun, Regel, Barnard's Star

Back

Regel

Front

Which star is brighter than the sun? Options: Sirius B, Procyon B, Van Maanan's Star, Aldebaran

Back

Aldebaran

Front

Which star is brighter than Alpha Centauri B, but dimmer than the sun? Options: Pollux, Spica, Tau Ceti, Mira

Back

Tau Ceti

Front

Which star is considered a main sequence star?

Back

Vega

Front

Which star is considered a giant star? Options: Mira, Zeta Arindani, Barnard's Star, Betelgeuse

Back

Mira

Front

Which star is considered a supergiant? Options: Sirius B, Sun, Betelgeuse, Van Maanan's Star

Back

Betelgeuse