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Grade 9 Stars
A low mass star will end its life as which of the following?
  1. Red Dwarf
  2. Red Giant
  3. Black Dwarf
  4. Brown Dwarf
Grade 10 Stars
A star that we observe is accelerating away from us at an increasing rate. How does this effect the spectral light image?
  1. It interferes with equipment, creating blurry and unreadable images.
  2. It shifts all the spectral lines to the red side of the spectrum.
  3. It shifts all the spectral lines to the blue side of the spectrum.
  4. It compressed the sound that the spectral images make, making it sound higher pitched.
Grade 10 Stars
Spectral light images like the one below are used primarily to what?
  1. Identify elements that stars are composed of.
  2. See how big a star is.
  3. Tell how far away a star is.
  4. Identify how many planets a star has orbiting it.
Grade 11 Stars
The parallaxes of nearby stars are produced by                                        .
  1. stellar motion across our line of sight
  2. stellar motion along our line of sight
  3. the rotation of the galaxy
  4. Earth's rotation on its axis
  5. Earth's revolution around the Sun
Grade 5 Stars
The stars came from the Big Bang.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Stars
The H-R diagram plots star
  1. absolute magnitude vs. apparent magnitude.
  2. mass vs. absolute magnitude.
  3. luminosity vs. surface temperature.
  4. surface temperature vs. mass.
Grade 6 Stars
The life of a massive star doesn't end with a supernova. Some matter remains after the explosion. This material may become one of the following space features.
  1. supernova or neutron star
  2. crab nebula or black hole
  3. neutron star or black hole
  4. none of the above
Grade 9 Stars
When is a star born?
  1. a nebula expands
  2. helium and oxygen are mixed
  3. nuclear fusion starts
  4. a protostar begins to cool
Grade 9 Stars
What color are the hottest stars?
  1. blue
  2. yellow
  3. orange
  4. red
Grade 9 Stars
What does a Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram show?
  1. the location of stars in the sky
  2. the absolute magnitude and temperature of the stars
  3. the apparent magnitude and temperature of the stars
  4. the absolute magnitude and mass of stars
Grade 8 Stars
The process by which stars produce their energy is called
  1. internal combustion.
  2. nuclear fusion.
  3. nuclear fission.
  4. electromagnetic radiation.
Grade 10 Stars
Max is including this image in his astronomy paper. Which of the following should Max use as a title for the image?
H-R Diagram With Text Labels - Small
  1. Star Chart
  2. Hubble Sequence
  3. Hertzsprung–Russell Diagram
  4. Harvard Spectral Classification
Grade 4 Stars
What is the name of the brightest star in the night sky?
  1. Sirius
  2. Proxima Centauri
  3. Polaris
  4. Regulus
Grade 8 Stars
What is a nebula?
  1. a large cloud of gas and dust
  2. a red giant
  3. a red supergiant
  4. all the above
Grade 6 Stars
How did ancient civilizations use the stars?
  1. When to plant crops
  2. Navigation
  3. Calendars
  4. All the above
Grade 6 Stars
There are 88 modern constellations.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 7 Stars
Which is a method of measuring the distance to stars?
  1. parallax
  2. radar
  3. ultrasound
  4. none of the above
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