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Stars Classification

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are stars classified?

a)

Color and temperature

b)

Temperature and brightness

c)

Brightness and color

d)

Temperature and color

2.

The hottest stars are_______.

a)

white

b)

blue-white

c)

red

d)

blue

3.

What type of galaxy is shown in the picture?

a)

sprial

b)

irregular

c)

elliptical

d)

barred

4.

Which of the following is the best estimate of the number of stars in a galaxy?

a)

tens

b)

thousands

c)

millions

d)

billions

5.

Which object in our solar system is a star?

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Meteor

d)

Sirius B

6.

What is apparent brightness?

a)

The measure of how bright a star appears to an observer on Earth.

b)

How far away a star is from Earth.

c)

The brightness of a star.

d)

A measure of how bright the star would be if all stars were the same distance from Earth.

7.

The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram plots the

a)

Absolute magnitude versus the apparent magnitude.

b)

Mass versus absolute magnitude.

c)

Luminosity versus surface temperature.

d)

Surface temperature versus mass.

8.

Supergiants are ______.

a)

Very Dim.

b)

Always 500 times greater than our sun.

c)

Relatively cool in temperature.

d)

Very high in temperature.

9.

At the center of most, if not all galaxies is a ________.

a)

Giant Sun

b)

Giant Black Hole

c)

Big bang

d)

Big sun

10.

What is the correct order of the object in order from smallest to largest?

a)

Solar system, universe, galaxy.

b)

Galaxy, universe, solar system.

c)

Solar system, galaxy, universe.

d)

Universe, galaxy, and solar system.