Celestial Census Unit Review Game

Astronomers reference the temperature of stars by assigning them a color.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

If our Sun were a super giant star, it would extend past where the planet Jupiter is currently located.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

There is no known way to physically measure the mass of a star using light.

• True
• False

Most stars on the HR diagram are found in the brown dwarf phase.

• True
• False

All stars follow the mass-luminosity relationship, regardless of where they are located on the HR Diagram.

• True
• False

Why is distance in space so hard to measure?

• Both ways to measure it require a direct geometrical method be used
• They don't make a ruler that big
• The space shuttle stopped being launched into space
• None of the Above

When we use triangulation to measure distances in space, what do we consider to be the baseline?

• We don't need one.
• 6.02x10^23
• Earth's Orbit
• None of the Above

What is stellar parallax?

• A measurement we don't need to know
• One half the total shift of the star
• The new Cadillac model for 2018
• None of the Above

What is a parsec?

• A combination of the words seconds of arc and parallax.
• Equal to the distance of an imaginary start that has a parallax of one second of arc
• 206,265 AU (or 3.26 light years)
• All of the Above

The scale of apparent magnitude tells you...

• How bright something looks
• What is for lunch today
• The color of the star
• None of the Above