Stars Practice Quiz

What is the name of a ball of gas that makes its own light?

• gas

• star

• light year

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

_______ is how far one point is to another point.

• mass

• distance

• satellite

• light year

_____ is the amount of space occupied by an object.

_______ is the distance light travels in one year.

______ is how much light an objects puts off.

• Brightness

• Luminosity

• Light year

• Star

Why do some stars look bigger than others?

What is the relationship between a star's brightness, size, and their distance from us?

The _____ is the star closest to Earth

True or False: Our Sun is a blue star.

• True

• False

What does star brightness depend on?

• how far from Earth it is

• what color the star is

• how bright it actually is

• the size of the star