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The HR Diagram

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Using the HR diagram, choose the color of Zeta Eridani

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

yellow

d)

red

2.

Which star is hotter than Deneb

a)

Procyon

b)

Sun

c)

Rigel

d)

Barnard's Star

3.

Which star is brighter than the sun?

a)

Sirius B

b)

Procyon B

c)

Van Maanan's Star

d)

Aldebaran

4.

Which star is considered a main sequence star?

a)

Spica

b)

Betelgeuse

c)

Pollux

d)

Van Maanan's Star

e)

Rigel

5.

Which star is considered a giant star?

a)

Mira

b)

Spica

c)

Barnard's Star

d)

Sirius B

6.

Which star is considered a supergiant?

a)

Sirius B

b)

Sun

c)

Betelgeuse

d)

Zeta Eridani

7.

Which star is considered a dwarf star?

a)

Pollux

b)

Spica

c)

Deneb

d)

Sirius B

8.

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

a)

True

b)

False

9.

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.

10.

Knowing the color of a star also tells us its

a)

age

b)

location

c)

temperature

d)

name

11.

Stars in which phase are fusing Hydrogen in their core to make Helium?

a)

Supergiant

b)

Supernova

c)

Main Sequence

d)

White Dwarfs

12.
The HR Diagram shows a relationship of a star's surface temperature and its
a)
color
b)
size
c)
apparent magnitude
d)
absolute magnitude
13.

The best description of a super giant star would be -

a)

hot and bright

b)

hot and dim

c)

average brightness and temp

d)

cool and bright

14.

Look at the H-R diagram. Which star is

sort of cool, dim (not too much light), and red?

a)

Betelguse

b)

Sirius B

c)

Procyon B

d)

Barnard's star

15.

Which type of star is most common?

a)

O

b)

A

c)

F

d)

G

e)

M

16.

Stars near the top of the main sequence tend to be

a)

Large

b)

Small

c)

Dim

d)

Long Lived

17.

Most stars in our local neighborhood are

a)

Main Sequence Stars

b)

Giants

c)

White Dwarfs

d)

Brown Dwarfs

e)

Super Giants

18.

Using the HR diagram, choose the color of Pollux

a)

blue

b)

white

c)

orange

d)

green

19.

Alpha Centauri has an absolute magnitude of +4.38. Beta Centauri has an absolute magnitude of of -4.53. Which star puts off more light?

a)

Alpha Centauri

b)

Beta Centauri

c)

They put off the same amount of light

20.

Imagine a star with an apparent magnitude of 3.0. After careful parallax measurement, you learn that the star is 10 pc away. What is the absolute magnitude of the star?

a)

Less than 3.0

b)

Equal to 3.0

c)

More than 3.0