Astronomy on level vocabulary review

How bright a star looks from Earth is called

• apparent magnitude

• absolute magnitude

• abberant magnitude

• abby magnitude

How bright a star truly is is called

• Absolute magnitude

• Apparent magnitude

• Abberant magnitude

• Abby magnitude

A cloud of dust and gas in space where stars are born and die is called

• pulsar

• galaxy

• star

• quasar

• nebula

A type of telescope that detects radio waves from space is ...

• x ray telescope

• optical telescope

• radio telescope

• reflecting telescope

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

The distance light travels in one year is...

• a light year

• one year

• a light beam

• electromagnetic spectrum

A large sphere of mostly hydrogen that is undergoing nuclear fusion and producing heat and light is...

• supernova

• galaxy

• star

• nebula

• quasar

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

A star that emits radio waves is ...

• quasar

• nebula

• galaxy

• electromagnetic spectrum

• pulsar

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A rocky, metallic object in space located in a "belt" between Jupiter and Mars is called...

• meteor

• meteorite

• asteroid

• comet

A rocky, metallic object in space located in Earth's atmosphere, and is burning up to create a "shooting star" is ...

• meteor

• meteorite

• asteroid

• comet

A chunk of ice, gas, and dust in space orbiting the sun is called...

• meteor

• meteorite

• asteroid

• comet