1.4 Properties of Stars

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

• They are much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

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NGSS.5-ESS1-1

What is the name of the largest stars?

• Protostars
• Supergiants
• Red Giants
• Dwarf Stars

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The distance that light travels in one year...

• Light year
• Quantumyear
• Stellar-year
• 1 million kilometers

Which of these stars is hottest?

• Red Star
• Yellow Star
• Orange Star
• Blue Star

Which star is the coldest?

• Yellow Star
• Red Star
• Orange Star
• Blue Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which category is our Sun located in?

• White Dwarfs
• Supergiants
• Main Sequence
• Giants

As a whole, Giants are considered hotter than White Dwarfs.

• True
• False

The HR Diagram shows a relationship of a star's surface temperature and its

• color
• size
• apparent magnitude
• absolute magnitude

The best description of a super giant star would be -

• hot and bright

• hot and dim

• average brightness and temp

• cool and bright

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Galaxies are collections of gas, dust, and billions of stars held together by _________________.

• fusion

• gravity

• the big bang

• black holes nearby

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4