Monarch Science 600 Unit 9 Quiz 2

Front 1

Apparent magnitude

Back 1

Brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on earth

Front 2

Giant blue

Back 2

Hottest starscontinuous

Front 3

Kind of spectrum given off by a hot glowing object

Back 3

Continuous

Front 4

Red dwarfs

Back 4

Coolest

Front 5

Absolute magnitude

Back 5

Real or brightness of a star

Front 6

Betelgeuse

Back 6

Example of a supergiant of a star

Front 7

Astronomical unit

Back 7

Measurement of distances

Front 8

White dwarf star

Back 8

Smallest stars

Front 9

The sun appears to be a very large star because it is so close to us

Back 9

True

Front 10

The invention of telescopes has increased what people know about the universe

Back 10

True

Front 11

Our sun is about medium range in size and temperature

Back 11

True

Front 12

Many amateur astronomers have contributed to the science of astronomy

Back 12

True

Front 13

The Hubble Space Telescope was named after Grote Weber

Back 13

False

Front 14

Helium was discovered on earth years after it had been discovered on the sun

Back 14

True

Front 15

The distance from earth to the sun can only be measured in astronomical units

Back 15

False

Front 16

The temperature of a star is related to its ...

Back 16

Color and brightness

Front 17

Which of the following stars is the coolest?

Blue-white, red, yellow, white

Back 17

Red

Front 18

What measure is used to determine a stars absolute magnitude?

Back 18

Luminosity

Front 19

If a star has a negative magnitude, it is not bright

Back 19

False

Front 20

It is proposed that red giants are:

Back 20

Old and dying

Front 21

The largest known stars are called

Back 21

Supergiants

Front 22

Stars are ranked by their light intensity

Back 22

True

Front 23

Evidence which confirms the “birth” of a star has been observed.

Back 23

False

Front 24

Elements present in stars may be identified by ________ lines on the spectrum.

Back 24

Dark

Front 25

Sort the light spectrum from the shortest wavelength to the longest wavelength.

Back 25

Violet

Blue

Green

Yellow

Orange

Red

Front 26

Which type of spectrum is expected from a glowing hot solid?

Back 26

Continuous

Front 27

The dark-line spectrum may be seen through a spectroscope when looking at which of the following?

Back 27

The sun and stars

Front 28

All the remaining elements other than hydrogen and helium comprise ______% of the mass of the stars.

Back 28

1%

Front 29

The brightness of a star is measured by:

Back 29

Magnitude

Front 30

The sun is brighter than all other stars because of its:

Back 30

Apparent magnitude

Front 31

The average distance from the earth to the _______ is one astronomical unit.

Back 31

Sun