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STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the most abundant element in stars?

a)

Carbon

b)

Oxygen

c)

Hydrogen

d)

Nitrogen

2.

What is the name of the brightest star in the night sky?

a)

Sirius

b)

Polaris

c)

Betelgeuse

d)

Rigel

3.

What is a black hole?

a)

A collapsed star with infinite density and gravity

b)

A region in space with no stars

c)

A type of asteroid

d)

A small, dense star

4.

What is the approximate diameter of the Sun?

a)

1 million kilometers

b)

500,000 kilometers

c)

100,000 kilometers

d)

1.5 million kilometers

5.

What is the Sun primarily composed of?

a)

Helium

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon

6.

What is the Sun's approximate surface temperature?

a)

6,000 degrees Celsius

b)

1 million degrees Celsius

c)

15,000 degrees Celsius

d)

10,000 degrees Celsius

7.

Which process occurs in the core of the Sun to produce energy?

a)

Nuclear fission

b)

Nuclear fusion

c)

Radioactive decay

d)

Chemical reaction

8.

Which constellation contains the Big Dipper?

a)

Ursa Major

b)

Orion

c)

Cassiopeia

d)

Scorpius

9.

What is a constellation?

a)

A type of comet

b)

A grouping of stars that form a pattern in the sky

c)

A type of galaxy

d)

A type of meteorite

10.

Which of the following is not a characteristic used to classify stars?

a)

Luminosity

b)

Distance from Earth

c)

Temperature

d)

Size

11.

Which color star is typically the hottest?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

c)

Yellow

d)

White

12.

What determines the color of a star?

a)

Its size

b)

Its age

c)

Its distance from Earth

d)

Its temperature

13.

What is the process by which a star converts hydrogen into helium?

a)

Nuclear fission

b)

Nuclear fusion

c)

Gravitational collapse

d)

Stellar wind

14.

What is the name of the group of stars that form a pattern resembling a "W" in the sky?

a)

Orion

b)

Ursa Major

c)

Cassiopeia

d)

Leo

15.

What is the name of the process by which a star ends its life?

a)

Black hole formation

b)

Supernova explosion

c)

Planetary nebula formation

d)

White dwarf cooling

16.

Which of the following stars has the highest luminosity?

a)

Red dwarf

b)

White dwarf

c)

Supergiant

d)

Main sequence star