24-25 Unit review: Our Solar System & Planet Earth

The energy from the sun is created by a process called:

• nuclear fission
• nuclear fusion
• nuclear reaction
• nuclear core

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A plot of the surface temperatures of stars compared to their absolute magnitude is called

• constellation map
• an H-R diagram
• a graph
• spectrum

____________are areas of gas on the sun that are cooler than the gas around them.

• Solar Wind
• Solar Flares
• core
• Sunspots

a brief burst of energy from the sun’s photosphere

• corona
• Solar Flare
• solar wind
• photosphere

Absolute magnitude is defined as…

• mass of a star
• brightness of a star, as it appears from Earth
• color of a star
• brightness of a star independent from the distance of Earth

The brightness of a star as seen from earth is defined as:

• Candid Brightness
• Brightness
• Apparent Brightness
• Absolute Brightness

All stars begin their life in a

• Nebula
• Main Sequence
• Protostar
• Black Dwarf

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What category on the H-R diagram has the majority or the most stars?

• Super giants
• White Dwarfs
• Giants
• Main Sequence

This planet has no true atmosphere with extreme surface temperatures and many craters and steep, long cliffs.

• Neptune
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Uranus

This planet is second from the sun and similar to Earth in size and mass. It has an extremely dense atmosphere of clouds causing intense greenhouse effect.

• Venus
• Jupiter
• Mercury
• Uranus

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5