Star Facts
What color are cold stars?
Red
What is another name for star brightness?
Magnitude
Which of the following is the correct path that the life cycle of a star will take?
A. Stellar Nebula, Massive Star, Red Supergiant, Supernova, Black Hole or Neutron Star.
B. Stellar Nebula, Average Star, Red Giant, Planetary Nebula, White Dwarf.
C. Red Supergiant, Stellar Nebula, Average Star, Planetary Nebula, Neutron Star.
D. Both A and B.
Both A and B
Super dense objects about as massive as the sun, but only a fraction as big are known as . . .
White Dwarfs
What type of stars are located at letter A?
White Dwarfs/Small, hot, and dim.
What color are hot stars?
Blue
What is the true brightness of a star is called?
Stars start out as clouds of dust and gas called a . . .
Stellar Nursery
When a star's surface begins to cool down and glow red, it is becoming a . . .
Red Giant
What type of stars are located at letter E?
Super Giants/Large, cool, and bright.
What color are medium-hot stars like our sun?
Yellow
What does apparent brightness depend mostly on?
Distance
What is a protostar?
A baby star.
The remains from the out layers of a red giant form a big cloud of gas and dust called a . . .
Planetary Nebula
What type of stars are located at letter C?
The Sun, Main Sequence Stars, Medium size, temperature, and brightness.
What are stars made up of?
Very hot gases.
What does star brightness depend on?
Size and temperature
What generates an enormous amount of energy, causing a star to ignite?
Nuclear Fussion
Stars much bigger than our sun collapse so quickly that they explode into a . . .
Supernova
How would you describe the stars at letter F?
Small, cool, and dim.
What does a stars color depend on?
Temperature
Stars that appear brightest are those closest to Earth. What is this brightness called?
Apparent Magnitude
The beginning of the longest part of a star's lifetime is known as the . . .
Main Sequence
After a star goes supernova, what does it become?
A Neutron Star or a Black Hole
How would you describe the stars at letter D?
Large, hot, and bright.