What is an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distant objects?
telescope.
100
The remains of high mass stars.
Neutron Star
200
Open up your book to page 140. Name a white dwarf.
Sirius B
200
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What color are the hottest stars in teh solar system?
Blue
200
The brilliant explosion of a dying supergiant star.
Supernova
200
This telescope uses a lens.
Refracting Telescope
200
The blue white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted into space.
White Dwarf
300
Open your book to page 140. What star is yello and has a high absolute brightness?
Polaris
300
What is an object with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape?
Blackhole
300
This is a graph that relates surface temperature and absolute brightness of stars.
Hertzsprung - Russell Diagram
300
This type of telescope uses a mirror.
Reflecting Telescope
300
Look at the Diagram on the Elmo. Which stage comes first.
A. Where fusion begins.
B. Red Giant or Supernova.
C. Part of Nebula
C. Part of Nebula
400
Open your book to page 140. What is the Sun's absolute brightness?
Medium
400
After a star runs out of fuel, it could become any of these three things. What are they?
Black hole, neutron star or white dwarf
400
This is a large cloud made up of gas and dust in space.
Nebula
400
This type of telescope is very large.
Radio Telescope
400
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Look at the diagram on the elmo.
Which stage comes last?
A. The stage the sun is in.
B. White dwarf, neutron star or black hole.
B. White dwarf, neutron star or black hole.
500
Open your book to page 140. Which star has a higher surface temperature, Algol or Betelgeuse?
Algol
500
What characteristics are used to classify stars?
Name all 3.
Size, brightness, and temperature.
500
Energy that is transferred through space by electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic Radiation
500
The Hubble Telescope is a :
A. Refracting Telescope
B. Reflecting Telescope
B. Reflecting Telescope
500
The absolute brightness of a star depends on what two things?