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Unit 1 Lesson 2 Stars - Review Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What color are the hottest stars?
a)
red
b)
yellow
c)
orange
d)
blue
2.

What is the color of the coolest stars?

a)

blue

b)

Yellow

c)

Red

d)

Orange

3.
True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

The smallest and the most common stars giving off very little light.

a)

Blue Giant stars

b)

Red Dwarf stars

c)

White Dwarf stars

d)

Neutron stars

5.

Stars that are very bright, large & burn at the highest temperature

a)

Blue Giant stars

b)

Red Giant

c)

Neutron stars

d)

Proto stars

6.

What are the largest stars called?

a)

Protostars

b)

Supergiants

c)

Red Giants

d)

Dwarf Stars

7.
Most stars are made of which elements?
a)
Hydrogen only
b)
Hydrogen and Lithium
c)
Hydrogen and Sodium
d)
Hydrogen and Helium
8.

What is a Star?

a)

a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light

b)

a large ball of fire

9.

The professional who studies the stars is...

a)

an astronaut.

b)

an astrologer.

c)

an astronomer.

10.

The colour of a star tells us its

a)

magnitude

b)

temperature

c)

size

d)

age

11.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic used to classify stars?
a)
Color
b)
Temperature
c)
Size
d)
Shape
12.
Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?
a)
They are actually much smaller
b)
They are so far away
c)
They are not as bright
d)
They are dwarf stars
13.

If two stars are the same size, then _______________________.

a)

the hotter star will be brighter than cooler star

b)

the smaller star will always appear brighter than the bigger star

c)

the star that is closer to the Earth will appear brighter than the star that is farther away

d)

stars are all the same brightness no matter how far away

14.

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

a)

tens

b)

thousands

c)

millions

d)

billions

15.

What is apparent magnitude/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.

16.

A student notices that the moon looks larger than the stars. Why?

a)

The moon is reflecting light from the sun

b)

The moon is closer to Earth than the stars

c)

The moon is much larger than the stars

d)

The moon is much larger than Earth

17.

What keeps star clusters/galaxies together?

a)

Black Matter

b)

Planets

c)

Nebula

d)

Gravity

18.

Luminosity measures a star's _____________________.

a)

actual colour

b)

actual temperature

c)

actual brightness