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Stars and Constellations

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Huge balls of hot gases, like our sun.

a)

Temperature

b)

Stars

c)

Planets

d)

Earth

2.

What is the closest star to the Earth?

a)

Sun

b)

Stars

c)

Earth

d)

Moon

3.

What is the ONLY medium-sized star?

a)

Stars

b)

Planets

c)

Sun

d)

Constellations

4.

What determines the color of the stars?

a)
The star's temperature
b)
The star's size
c)
The star's distance from Earth
d)
The star's age
5.

What color are the HOTTEST stars?

a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
Yellow
d)
White
6.

What color are the stars that are a bit cooler than the hottest star?

a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Yellow
7.

What color are even cooler stars (Like our sun)?

a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Yellow
8.

The stars cooler than the sun are what color?

a)

Orange

b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Yellow
9.

What color is the coolest star?

a)
Red
b)
Blue
c)
White
d)
Yellow
10.

How many Earths could fit in the sun?

a)

1 million

b)
130 thousand
c)
13 million
d)
130 million
11.

What measures how bright a star looks from Earth?

a)
The star's size
b)

distance from Earth

c)

apparent magnitude

d)
The star's color
12.

What compares the brightness of stars as if they were the same distance from Earth?

a)
Luminosity
b)
Absolute magnitude
c)
Apparent magnitude
d)
Spectral class
13.

What are patterns of stars in the night sky called?

a)
Constellations
b)
Galaxies
c)
Nebulas
d)
Planets
14.

What does NOT really move across the sky?

a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)

Constellations

d)
North Star
15.

What is rotating making it look like the stars are moving?

a)
The Earth is rotating
b)
The stars are moving
c)
The Moon is rotating
d)
The Sun is rotating