6th - E-4 Stars, Galaxies, & the Universe

The brightness of a star when seen from a fixed distance is the (a)   brightness.

How many Characteristics are used to classify stars?

• 10

• 5

• 3

• 6

A (a)   is the distance light travels in one year

Scientists measure the distance to stars in (a)   .

An instrument that splits light into its component colors is called a

(a)  

Which of these is not a characteristic used to classify stars?

• Color

• Mass

• Distance

• Composition

Scientists can determine the composition of far off stars using

• radar.

• a spectrograph.

• a spectroliter.

• basic obsercation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The apparent change in position of an object when you look at it from different places is (a)   .

Scientists can determine the distance to nearby stars by observing them fwhen Earth is on opposite sides of her orbit due to

• parallax

• prediction

• prestidigitation

• apparent brightness

A graph relating the temperature of stars to their absolute brightness is called a

• Hellsinki-Random diagram

• Hairsburg-Rollins diagram

• Hertzsprung-Russel diagram

• Hartsburg-Rolland diagram