Properties of Stars Vocabulary

The measure of the average kinetic energy of a particle

• Temperature

• Solar flare

• Star

• Sunspot

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

is the true brightness of an object. Stars can appear bright or dim depending on their distances from earth.

• Astronomical Unit

• Absolute magnitude

• Absolute brightness

• Chromosphere

The average distance between the earth and the sun

• Light year

• Astronomical unit

• Kilometer

• Meter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large sphere of hydrogen gas, held together by gravity, that is hot enough for nuclear reactions to occur in its core.

• Sunspot

• Corona

• Star

• prominence

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A measure of how bright an object appears from earth

• absolute brightness

• apparent magnitude

• convective zone

• core

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The orange red layer above the photosphere of a star

• solar flare

• corona

• core

• chromosphere

The central region where nuclear reactions consume hydrogen and form helium.

• Core

• photosphere

• Corona

• Coronal mass ejection

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Layer of a star where hot gas moves up toward the surface and cooler gas moves deeper into the interior

• Convective Zone

• Radiative Zone

• Core

• Corona

They are regions of decreased surface temperature. They appear as dark spots on the sun.

• Coronal Mass ejection

• Sunspot

• Solar prominence

• Solar Flare

Large eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the sun.

• Sunspot

• Solar Prominence

• Solar Flare

• Coronal Mass Ejection

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3