Stars

What is the brightness of a star called?

• variableness

• redshift

• parallax

• magnitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

A star's apparent movement is measured over time and this called

• variableness

• redshift

• parallax

• magnitude

These are known as the largest and brightest stars

• Neutron stars

• Supergiants

• Giants

• Supernovas

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is it called when a star that 's already been shining, flares up and gets brighter?

• dwarf

• supergiant

• nebula

• nova

These stars change in magnitude on a regular basis.

• giants

• blue stars

• variable stars

• pulsars

What kind of star spins really, really fast on its axis?

• pulsar

• giant star

• nova

• red star

What is a cloud of gases, dust, and debris?

• dwarf

• nebula

• nova

• super giant

Our sun is a relatively small star, and would fit in which category?

• dwarf stars

• pulsars

• neutron stars

• giants

What's left when a huge supergiant star collapses and disappears from space?

• supernova

• neutron star

• black hole

• pulsar

Many societies have looked in the sky and found patterns of stars called

• globular star cluster

• constellations

• open star clusters

• galaxy