A Bit of Everything: Stars Test (assorted questions)

The color of a star tells us its

• Temperature

• Magnitude

• Size

• Age

Put the stars in order from hottest to coolest.

• Blue, Red, White, Yellow, Orange, 
• Red, White, Yellow, Orange, Blue
• Blue, White, Yellow, Red, Orange
• Blue, White, Yellow, Orange, Red

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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

• Sun

• Rigel

• Vega

• Canopus

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Our sun is a "medium type" star and is classified by the letter :

• A

• G

• M

• O

"M-type" stars are classified as the coolest stars and are the color :

• red

• yellow

• white

• blue

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

• Stars Get Larger
• Stars get Colder
• Stars get hotter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The category that contains the most stars is...

• Main Sequence
• Supergiants
• Giants

Which star has the lowest temperature?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which spectral class does our star, the sun, belong to?

• M
• K
• G
• F