8th Grade Space Review FL

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

What color of star is the coolest?

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• White

What is the name of the largest stars?

• Protostars
• Supergiants
• Red Giants
• Dwarf Stars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The color of the star tells us its 

• composition
• Temperature
• Luminosity 
• Mass

What do we use to classify the temperature, brightness, and size of stars?

• Color
• The star's shape
• H-R Diagram

Scientists use spectra from stars to determine...

• the temperature of a star.
• the composition of a star.
• the star's distance from Earth.
• the star's movement.

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Stars that are closer appear to move more than distant stars due to the phenomenon called... 

• periphelion
• parallel
• prism
• parallax

Which star has the lowest luminosity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which causes the day-and-night cycle on earth?

• Earth moving around the sun
• The sun moving around the Earth
• Earth tilting on its axis
• Earth spinning on its axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When a planet spins on its axis, it is said to ___________________.

• orbit
• rotate
• revolve
• eclipse

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