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HR Diagram

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What characteristics are used to classify stars?

a)

Flammability, weight, and reactivity

b)

Temperature/color and brightness

c)

Conductivity, luster, and density

d)

Malleability, distance, and viscoscity

2.

What is magnitude?

a)

degree of compactness of a star.

b)

degree of temperature of a star.

c)

the age of a star.

d)

degree of brightness of a star.

3.

What function does a spectroscope perform?

a)

disperses, or separates, white light from a star into a very wide spectrum of colors

b)

uses a lens or a combination of lenses to produce magnified images of small objects

c)

make objects from outer space appear as bright and large as possible.

d)

allows doctors to view pictures of your digestive tract on a monitor

4.

Using the HR diagram, choose the color of Zeta Eridani

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

yellow

d)

red

5.

Which star is hotter than Deneb

a)

Procyon

b)

Sun

c)

Regel

d)

Banard's Star

6.

Which star is brighter than the sun?

a)

Sirius B

b)

Procyon B

c)

Van Maanan's Star

d)

Aldebaran

7.

Which star is brighter than Alpha Centauri B, but dimmer than the sun?

a)

Pollux

b)

Spica

c)

Tau Ceti

d)

Mira

8.

Which star is considered a main sequence star?

a)

Vega

b)

Betelgeuse

c)

Pollux

d)

Van Maanan's Star

9.

Which star is considered a giant star?

a)

Mira

b)

Zeta Arindani

c)

Barnard's Star

d)

Betelgeuse

10.

Which star is considered a supergiant?

a)

Sirius B

b)

Sun

c)

Betelgeuse

d)

Van Maanan's Star

11.

Which star is considered a dwarf star?

a)

Altair

b)

Procyon B

c)

Deneb

d)

Sirius

12.

Which of the following lists the lifecycle of a star correctly?

a)

Supergiant, Giant, Dwarf, Nebula

b)

Supernova, Supergiant, Giant, Dwarf

c)

Dwarf, Main Sequence, Supergiant, Giant

d)

Main Sequence, Giant, Supergiant, Dwarf

13.

True or False: White dwarfs are warmer and dimmer than giants.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What is the Hertzsprung-Russel Diagram?

a)

A map which tells the approximate location of stars in the Milky Way galaxy and their distance from Earth.

b)

A table that alphabetically lists stars by name and includes dates of when the star was first charted.

c)

A chart which organizes stars into categories based on the amount of Hydrogen they burn.

d)

A graph used to classify stars according to their luminosity, color, temperature, and stage.

15.

Knowing the color of a star also tells us its __________

a)

age

b)

location

c)

temperature

d)

name

16.

Which of the following statements is the most accurate statement for the element of Hydrogen?

a)

It is the most abundant element found in stars.

b)

It is a not found in many stars.

c)

It is only found in dwarf stars and supergiants.

d)

It causes stars to go supernova.