Astronomy Stars Review

Astronomy Stars Review

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Where are stars born?

• A Manger

• A Nebula

• A Black Hole

• A Supernova

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Stars spend the majority of their lives in what stage?

• Red Giant

• White Dwarf

• Supernova

• Main Sequence

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When our sun starts to die, it will swell up into what large star?

• Red Giant

• Brown Goliath

• Orange Monster

• Green Giant

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When the outer layers of our sun drift off into space, it will leave behind a white hot remaining core. What is this core called?

• Red Giant

• White Dwarf

• Neutron Star

• Proto-Star

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Our Sun will die in a Supernova

• True

• False

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Fusion will continue in larger stars until their cores reach what element?

• Iron

• Mercury

• Magnesium

• Uranium

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Larger stars will swell up into what gigantic type of star?

• Red Supergiant

• Super Red Giant

• Giant Super Red

• Super Giant Red

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A Red Supergiant dies in a tremndous explosion known as a...

• Michael Bay Production

• Cataclysm

• Implosion

• Supernova

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For stars 10-25 solar masses, after a supernova will be left a very dense, spinning ball of Neutrons that emits pulsars known as a...

• White Dwarf

• Gravitron

• Ragnorak

• Neutron Star

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Far stars that are 25+ Solar Masses, after a supernova there will be an incredibly dense object, with gravitational pull so strong light cannot escape. We call these objects...

• Neutron Stars

• Black Holes

• Gravitrons

• Pulsars

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The boundary around a black hole past which nothing, not even light, can escape is called the

• Photo Boundary

• Photo Sphere

• Black Hole Sun

• Event Horizon

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The inner region of a star where fusion takes place is known as the...

• Core

• Mantle

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

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The movement of energy through EM waves is called...

• Convection

• Radiation

• Transmission

• Translation

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The movement of energy by motion of a heated fluid is known as...

• Convection

• Radiation

• Transmission

• Translation

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The part of the sun that gives off the light we see is known as the...

• Core

• Convection Zone

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

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The lower atmosphere of the sun, with a prefix from the Greek word for "color"

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

• Corona

• Solar Wind

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The thin, upper atmosphere of the sun that can be seen as a ghostly halo during a solar eclipse is the...

• Core

• Photosphere

• Chromosphere

• Corona

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The total amount of light given off by an object is known as...

• Luminosity

• Brightness

• Color

• Wavelength

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The amount of light we see here on earth is known as the...

• Luminosity

• Brightness

• Color

• Wavelength

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What color are the hottest stars?

• Blue

• White

• Orange

• Red

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What color are the coolest stars?

• Blue

• White

• Orange

• Red

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A graph that shows color/temperature of a star on the x axis and luminosity of a star on the y axis is called a...

• PV Diagram

• PT Diagram

• RT Diagram

• HR Diagram

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The use of two observational reference points to determine the distance to a star is called...

• Stellar Parallax

• Spectroscopic Parallax

• Tully Fisher

• Standard Candle

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The method of determining distance in space that uses the spin speed of a spiral galaxy is called...

• Standard Candle

• Stellar Parallax

• Tully-Fisher

• Spectroscopic Parallax

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A stellar event (typically a type 2 supernova) that produces a known luminosity every single time is known as a...

• Standard Candle

• Normal Light

• Average Flare

• Stellar Parallax

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Will our sun die in a supernova?

• I think so

• Maybe

• Absolutely

• For the love of all that is good, no. No it will not. Our sun is too small to die in a supernova. Please remember this if nothing else.