Stars SOL review

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

What color of star is the coolest?

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• White

What is the name of the explosion at the death of a massive star?

• Supergiant
• Supernova
• Black Hole
• Nebula

The main elements in a star's composition are _______ and ________.

• hydrogen, helium
• carbon, helium
• hydrogen, iron
• helium, dark matter

Which term is used for a cloud of dust and gas?

• solar dust
• nebula
• gas giant
• terrestrial

What is the earliest stage of a star's life cycle?

• protostar
• white dwarf
• neutron
• red giant

The color of a star tells us its

• magnitude
• temperature
• size
• age

Brightness of a star as seen from Earth

• parallax
• apparent magnitude
• absolute magnitude
• spectrum

Which of these puts the main parts of an average star's life cycle in the correct order?

• protostar> 
  main sequence>
  red giant >
  white dwarf
• protostar >
  main sequence> 
  white dwarf> 
  red giant
• main sequence> 
  protostar> 
  white dwarf> 
  red giant
• protostar> 
  red giant >
  main sequence> 
  white dwarf

What is the graph that shows the relations between a star's surface temperature and absolute magnitude?

• H-R Diagram
• Star Cluster Map
• Einstein's Diagram
• Newton's Chart of Stars