Stars Quiz

In 1901, who developed a system to classify stars using many different absorption lines in their spectra?

• Marie Skłodowska Curie
• Rosalind Franklin
• Annie Jump Cannon
• Lise Meitner

Hotter stars put out more light at the blue end of the spectrum, while cooler ones peak ___

• in the red
• in the yellow
• in the green
• in the violet

The letters 'O', 'B', 'A', 'F', 'G', 'K' and 'M' arrange stars in order from ___

• hottest to coolest
• coolest to hottest
• largest to smallest
• smallest to largest

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Which star, classified as an A0, is the brightest star in the night sky?

• Betelgeuse
• Sirius
• Vega
• Rigel

A plot of a stars luminosity vs it's temperature is called ___

• an HR diagram, after Hertzsprung and Russell
• an HC diagram, after Hertzsprung and Cannon
• an CR diagram, after Cannon and Russell
• an HS diagram, after Hertzsprung and Saha 

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The thick line, running diagonally down an HR diagram is called ___

• the general trend
• the main sequence
• the main trend
• the general sequence

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The closest star to our Solar System is...

• Proxima Centauri

• rho Cassiopeiae

• Andromeda

• The North Star

What color of star is the hottest?

• Blue
• Red
• Yellow
• Orange

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What color of star is the coolest?

• Red
• Yellow
• Blue
• White

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What are stars?

• Rocky bodies
• Burning balls of gas
• 5 pointed shapes
• Hollywood actors

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