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Understanding the Composition of Stars

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Physics

10th Grade

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Understanding the Composition of Stars
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What property of chemical elements allows us to understand what the universe is made of?

Their temperature

Their density

The the unique set of colours they reflect from the stars.

Their mass

Their unique set of colours when heated.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which element burns with a red color?

Potassium

Sodium

Strontium

Copper

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do the black lines in the sun's spectrum represent?

Emission lines

Absorption lines

Transmission lines

Reflection lines

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can we determine by looking at the black lines in the sun's light?

The constituent elements of the sun

The distance of the sun from Earth

The temperature of the sun

The age of the sun

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of the sun is made up of hydrogen?

2%

28%

70%

50%

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which star has about the same heavy element abundance as our sun but less carbon and more nitrogen?

Vega

Polaris

Sirius

Proxima Centauri

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which star contains three times as much iron as the sun?

Sirius

Vega

Polaris

Proxima Centauri

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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