Crash Course Kids - Star Personalities

What causes a star to die?

• It burns through all of the hydrogen in its core.

• Is gets too cold from being in space.

• Stars don't die, they burn forever.

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The color of a star tells us what information?

• How close it is to earth

• How hot it is

• How fast it is moving

How does our sun compare to other stars?

• Our sun is really small compared to other stars.

• Our sun is really large compared to other stars.

• Our sun is right in the middle. Some stars are larger, some are smaller.

• All stars are the same size.

Betelgeuse is glowing red, so it must be:

• A hotter star

• A colder star

• We can't tell from the color

Rigel glows a bluish-white, so it must be:

• A hotter star

• A cooler star

• We can't tell by the color