Stars
Galaxies
Atmospheres
Misc
Test Questions
100
What us white dwarf?
What is small, hot star consisting of a hot,dense core contracting under the force of gravity?
100
What is absolute magnitude?
What is actual amount of light a star gives off?
100
What is sunspots?
What is dark,cooler areas of the Sun's surface?
100
What is color?
What is the color of a star that indicates its temperature?
100
What is parallax?
What is apparent shift in position of an object when viewed from different places; used to determine distances?
200
What is constellations?
What is groups of stars whose positions in the sky seem to change as Earth moves?
200
What is apparent magnitude?
What is amount of a star's light observed on Earth?
200
What is Big Bang Theory?
What is explanation for the beginning of the universe?
200
What is blue-white?
What is color of a hot star?
200
What is main sequence?
What is classification of about 90 percent of the stars?
300
What is nebula?
What is earliest stage of star's formation?
300
What is light-year?
What is distance that light travels in one year?
300
What is chromosphere?
What is layer of Sun's atmosphere above the photosphere?
300
What is yellow?
What is color of a medium temperature star?
300
What is giant?
What is large, cool expanding star in which helium fuses from carbon?
400
What is supergiant?
What is relatively cool star that has expanded to more than 700 times as large as our sun?
400
What is black hole?
What is object so dense that nothing,including light, can escape it?
400
What is corona?
What is outer layer and largest part of the Sun's atmosphere?
400
What is orange or red?
What is relatively cool star?
400
What is supernova?
What is produced from an explosion that occurswhen a star's core collapses?
500
What is neutron star?
What is star in which only neutrons can exist in its core?
500
What is galaxy?
What is large group of stars,gas,and dust held together by gravity?
500
What is photosphere?
What is lowest layer of the Sun's atmosphere that give off light?
500
They are huge, arching columns of gas (from the Sun)?
What is prominences?
500
What is binary system?
What is two or more stars revolving around one another?
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