Starlight Express
Patterns of stars in the sky are called
Constellations
An object so dense that nothing can escape its gravity field is a ______.
Black Hole
The temperature and brightness of stars are indicated by their
Color
Small stars are called _____.
Dwarfs
Large stars are called _____.
Giants
Distances in space are measured in
Light Years
Areas of the Sun’s surface that appear dark because they are cooler than surrounding areas are called ______.
Sun Spots
About 90 percent of the stars, including our Sun, are ____________________ stars.
Main Sequence
Violent eruptions near a sunspot are called _____ .
Solar Flares
The Sun is the closest _____ to Earth.
Star
The absolute _____ of a star is a measure of the amount of light it gives off.
magnitude
Our Sun is a star of this color.
Yellow
A ____________________ is produced when the outer core of a star explodes after the core collapses.
Super Nova
A _____ breaks the visible light from a star into a spectrum
Spectroscope
My favorite subject is _____ because it is taught by my favorite teacher.
Science
A measure of the amount of light received on Earth is called the _____ magnitude.
Apparent
Relatively cool stars look either orange or this color.
Red
The hottest, brightest stars are ____________________ and white.
Blue
The ____________________ of atoms powers the Sun and other stars.
Fusion
Refers to constellations and stars that are visible all year round.
Circumpolar
Star begins in a clouds of gas and dust.
Nebula
A graph that shows the relationship between a star’s absolute magnitude and temperature is an
H-R Diagram
When a collapsed core becomes so dense only neutrons can exist there, a ____________________ is formed.
Neutron Star
This is the apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from two different places.
Parallax
Near Earth’s polar areas solar wind material can create lights (Northern Lights) called an
Aurora