SC.8.E.5.5 - Properties of Stars

What color is the hottest star?

• Blue
• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red

What color is the coolest star?

• Blue
• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red

What color is our star, the Sun?

• Blue
• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red

Measure of how bright a star appears if viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs

• Absolute Magnitude (brightness)
• Apparent Magnitude (brightness)
• Both

Measure of how bright a star appears when viewed from Earth

• Absolute Magnitude (brightness)
• Apparent Magnitude (brightness)
• Both

Brightness of a celestial object viewed from a standard distance.

• Absolute Magnitude (brightness)
• Apparent Magnitude (brightness)
• Both

Brightness of a celestial object observed from any point in the universe.

• Absolute Magnitude (brightness)
• Apparent Magnitude (brightness)
• Both

Related to the brightness of the star.

• Absolute Magnitude (brightness)
• Apparent Magnitude (brightness)
• Both

What two properties does the HR Diagram compare?

• Distance
• Temperature
• Number of Planets
• Absolute Brightness

What do stars like the Sun become when they run out of fuel?

• Black Holes
• Supernovas
• White Dwarfs