Stars and HR Diagrams

Which comes first in the following sequence of stars?

• Main Sequence Star
• Red Giant
• White Dwarf
• Black Dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is the graph that shows the relations between a star's surface temperature and absolute magnitude?

• H-R Diagram
• Star Cluster Map
• Einstein's Diagram
• Newton's Chart of Stars

The Hertzprung Russell Diagram consists of two axis that are labelled...

• Luminosity and Size
• Luminosity and Temperature
• Luminosity and Age

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

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

Which of these stars is hottest?

• Red Star
• Yellow Star
• Orange Star
• Blue Star

Which star is the coldest?

• Yellow Star
• Red Star
• Orange Star
• Blue Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Compared to the rest of the stars, our sun is considered...

• Extremely Large and Cold
• Small with a medium temperature
• Medium size with medium temperature

Which category is our Sun located in?

• White Dwarfs
• Supergiants
• Main Sequence
• Giants

Blue giant stars are generally the hottest & brightest and will plot

• top left on the HR diagram.

• somewhere near the top on the HR diagram.

• top right on the HR diagram.

• off the charts on some HR diagrams.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Look at the H-R diagram. Which star is

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

• Betelguse

• Sirius B

• Procyon B

• Barnard's star