Review: Stars/ Solar Properties/Distance/Order of Universe/Gravity

What color is the hottest star?

• Blue
• White
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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 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?

• Temperature
• Distance of stars
• Shape
• Size
• luminosity

Which stars have the lowest luminosity?

• supergiants
• white dwarfs
• giants
• main sequences

Which stars have the highest luminosity?

• supergiants
• white dwarfs
• giants
• main sequences