Binary Stars

____ binaries orbit far enough from each other that they can be viewed individually.

• Spectroscopic

• Independent

• Visual

• Parallax

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

A star moving away from us will show spectral lines that are ______ due to the doppler effect

• thicker

• brighter

• blueshifted

• redshifted

Which of the following is NOT part of a large mass star's life cycle?

• supergiant

• neutron star

• black hole

• nova

How many stars are in our solar system? 

• 4
• 3
• 2
• 1

What causes a binary star to wobble back and forth?

• Gravity from another star 
• Eclipsing another star
• Dying of a star or  black hole 

The image shows a light curve for what type of binary star sytem?

• Spectroscopic

• Eclipsing

• Visual

• Double

• Astrometric

When a white dwarf undergoes a nova, the white dwarf is obliterated

• True

• False

The image shows Albireo (Beta Cyg), a double star system. It is not known if these stars are part of a binary system.

• These stars are orbiting each other

• These stars may or may not be orbiting each other

• These stars are not orbiting each other

This image shows Mizar and Alcor. A clear example of

• A Visual Binary

• A Spectroscopic Binary

• Two Unrelated Stars

For a star system to be an Eclipsing Binary, we must be seeing the stars

• "Edge On"

• "Top Down"

• From the left

• individually rendered