Quiz about Stars

Question 1

What word best describes our sun?

Accepted Answer

Average

Answer

Supergiant

Answer

Dwarf

Answer

Red Giant

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

They are so far away

Answer

They are much smaller

Answer

They are not as bright

Answer

They are dwarf stars

Question 3

What color of star is the hottest?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Red

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Orange

Question 4

What color of star is the coolest?

Accepted Answer

Red

Answer

Yellow

Answer

Blue

Answer

White

Question 5

What is the name of the largest stars?

Accepted Answer

Supergiants

Answer

Protostars

Answer

Red Giants

Answer

Dwarf Stars

Question 6

True or False
Stars are really close together in outer space.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Supernova

Answer

Supergiant

Answer

Black Hole

Answer

Nebula

Question 8

What are stars?

Accepted Answer

Hot exploding balls of gas

Answer

Rocky bodies

Answer

5 pointed shapes

Answer

Hollywood actors

Question 9

Which star is closest to Earth?

Accepted Answer

the sun

Answer

Betelgeuse

Answer

Orion

Answer

Antares

Question 10

The color of a star tells us its

Accepted Answer

temperature

Answer

magnitude

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size

Answer

age

Question 11

Our sun is currently in what star stage?

Accepted Answer

Main Sequence

Answer

Protostar

Answer

Nebula

Answer

Red Giant

Question 12

What is the diagram called that shows the relationship between star size and temperatures?

Accepted Answer

HR diagram

Answer

bar graph

Answer

star chart

Answer

Star diagram

Question 13

Consider the color of the sun. Based on this color, what is the sun's approximate surface temperature?

Accepted Answer

6000-7500

Answer

10,000-30,000

Answer

30000-60000

Answer

<3500

Question 14

A scientist discovers a new star. It is blue-white and is about 20,000 K. Which star is it most similar to?

Accepted Answer

Rigel

Answer

Sun

Answer

Vega

Answer

Canopus

Question 15

About 90 percent of the stars in the universe, including the sun, are main sequence stars. What do all main sequence stars have in common?

Accepted Answer

They are undergoing fusion of hydrogen into helium within their cores

Answer

All main sequence stars are yellow like our sun.

Answer

All main sequence stars are as bright as our sun.

Answer

They are all undergoing fusion of helium into carbon within their cores

Question 16

White dwarfs stars are

Accepted Answer

hot and bright

Answer

hot and dim

Answer

cool and dim

Answer

cool and bright

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic used to classify stars?

Accepted Answer

Shape

Answer

Color

Answer

Temperature

Answer

Size

Question 18

The brightness of a star as seen from earth is defined as:

Accepted Answer

Apparent Brightness

Answer

Absolute Brightness

Answer

Brightness

Answer

Candid Brightness

Question 19

A light year is a measurement of:

Accepted Answer

Distance

Answer

Time

Answer

Gravity

Answer

None of the Above

Question 20

An object whose gravity is so strong that nothing can escape.

Accepted Answer

Black Hole

Answer

Planetary Nebula

Answer

Supernova

Answer

Neutron Star

Question 21

Stars are made of mostly which two gases?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and Helium

Answer

Hydrogen and Oxygen

Answer

Hydrogen and Nitrogen

Answer

Hydrogen and Carbon

Question 22

What are the most abundant elements in stars?

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen & Helium

Answer

Oxygen & Nitrogen

Answer

Hydrogen & Oxygen

Answer

Helium & Nitrogen

Question 23

All stars are the same color and same size.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 24

The sun looks so large because it is a very, very big star.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 25

There are ____________ stars in the sky

Accepted Answer

billions

Answer

hundreds

Answer

thousands

Question 26

Which is the correct order of stars from COOLEST to HOTTEST?

Accepted Answer

red, orange, yellow, white, blue

Answer

blue, white, yellow, orange, red

Answer

red, yellow, blue, white, orange

Answer

red, white, yellow, orange, blue

Question 27

Why does the sun seem to be larger than all other stars?

Accepted Answer

The sun is the closest star to Earth

Answer

The sun is the largest star

Answer

The sun farther away that other stars

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The sun is the oldest star we can see

Question 28

The H-R diagram is a graph that shows the relationship between ______________ for stars.

Accepted Answer

temperature and brightness

Answer

temperature and color

Answer

brightness and color

Answer

distance and brightness

Question 29

What word best describes our sun?

Accepted Answer

Average

Answer

Supergiant

Answer

Dwarf

Answer

Red Giant

Question 30

The main gases that burn within the sun are

Accepted Answer

Hydrogen and Helium

Answer

Oxygen and Nitrogen

Answer

Hydrogen and Oxygen

Answer

Neon and Sulfur

Question 31

Our Sun is average-sized, average temperature, and middle aged.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 32

In the diagram given, what happens as we move to the left?

Accepted Answer

Stars get hotter

Answer

Stars Get Larger

Answer

Stars get Colder

Question 33

The best description of a super giant star would be -

Accepted Answer

cool and bright

Answer

hot and bright

Answer

hot and dim

Answer

average brightness and temp

Question 34

Look at the H-R diagram. Which star is

sort of cool, dim (not too much light), and red?

Accepted Answer

Barnard's star

Answer

Betelguse

Answer

Sirius B

Answer

Procyon B

Stars

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