PLTW: What is a Star?

A measurement of how bright stars would appear if all stars were the same distance from Earth; also known as luminosity.

• magnitude

• evidence

• apparent magnitude

• absolute magnitude

measurement of how bright a star appears from Earth.

• star

• Sun

• apparent magnitude

• absolute magnitude

Information that explains or supports a claim.

• evidence

• hypothesis

• conclusion

• question

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

curved path of an object around a star, planet, or moon.

• Star

• orbit (noun)

• orbit (verb)

• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

To move around a larger object in space.

• orbit (noun)

• solar system

• orbit (verb)

• evidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

huge sphere of very hot, glowing gas that produces its own light.

• planet

• dwarf planet

• moon

• star

The system of planets, including Earth, moons, and other bodies that orbit the Sun.

• solar eclipse

• solar system

• solar planet

• solar storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

star at the center of our solar system.

• absolute magnitude

• apparent magnitude

• Sun

• North Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1