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HR diagram

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the HR diagram

a)

A chart that tells color of stars

b)

A chart that graphs temperature

c)

A chart that graphs a star’s brightness and temperature

d)

A cookbook

2.

List the color of the stars from hottest to coldest

a)

blue, white, yellow, orange, red

b)

orange, yellow, blue, red, white

c)

green, pink, purple, white

d)

there is no order

3.

What type of star has a high temperature but a low luminosity?

a)

blue giant

b)

super giant

c)

red super giant

d)

white dwarf

4.

What factor affects the color of a star?

a)

size

b)

temperature

c)

mass

d)

brightness

5.

What color is a star with the lowest surface temperature

a)

blue

b)

red

c)

yellow

d)

orange

6.

What type of star has a high temperature and a high luminosity?

a)

white dwarf

b)

sun

c)

red giant

d)

blue giant

7.

What type of star has a low temperature but a high luminosity?

a)

red giant

b)

red super giant

c)

white dwarf

d)

blue giant

8.

What type of star has a low temperature and a low luminosity?

a)

sun

b)

blue giant

c)

white dwarf

d)

red giant

9.

What is the color of the stars with the highest surface temperature?

a)

white

b)

blue

c)

red

d)

green

10.

What factor affects the color of a star?

a)

brightness

b)

mass

c)

nothing

d)

temperature

11.

What factor affects the luminosity of a star?

a)

size & surface area temperature

b)

brightness

c)

temperature

d)

size

12.

What is the approximate surface temperature of the sun?

a)

about 10,000 degrees Celsius

b)

about 5,600 degrees Celsius

c)

about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit

d)

hot

13.

What 4 groups of stars can be located on the HR Diagram?

a)

white dwarfs, blue giants, red giants, super red giants

b)

sun, moon, earth

c)

there are no stars on the HR diagram

d)

red giants, moon, white dwarfs, sun

14.

As you move left on the HR diagram what do you notice in the temperature?

a)

temperature is staying the same

b)

temperature is decreasing

c)

temperature is increasing

d)

its changing rapidly

15.

As a whole, giants are considered hotter than white dwarfs

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Blue stars are the-

a)

coldest

b)

hottest

c)

biggest

17.

which star has the lowest temperature?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

18.

Red stars are the-

a)

hottest

b)

coolest

c)

brightest

19.

What does HR diagram stand for?

a)

The Henry rider diagram

b)

The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

c)

Harriet Ramsey

20.

between blue giants and red giants which is hotter in temperature ?

a)

red giant

b)

blue giant

c)

both

d)

neither