Parts of a star
This is the hottest layer of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs.
What is the core?
This is a stellar stage.
(Name one stellar stage)
What is a ...?
Protostar, Main sequence
Red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf
Super giant, supernova, neutron star, black hole
This is the element being created inside of main sequence stars.
What is Helium (He)?
This is why we can't see stars in the middle of a large city.
What is Light Pollution?
This element makes up a majority of a star.
What is hydrogen?
This determines if a star will turn into a Supergiant or a Red Giant.
What is the difference?
What is the mass?
Medium mass - Red giant
High Mass - Supergiant
This is the name of a star before it starts fusing hydrogen.
What is a protostar?
This type of telescope relies on a mirror.
What is a reflecting telescope?
This is the dark, cold spots on the surface of the sun.
What is a sun spot?
Stars become this at the end of a highest mass star's life.
What is a black hole?
Our star is this stellar class (OABFGKM)
What is a G class star?
This is the brightness of a star as we see it from here on Earth.
__________ Brightness
What is Apparent Brightness?
Absolute brightness is the light a star produces.
Apparent (how it appears) is what we see from Earth.
This is the outermost layer of a star.
What is the corona?
This is the highest mass element that is able to be created by nuclear fusion in a star.
What is Iron (Fe)?
As temperature of a star increases, what changes do we observe in stars?
What is a color change?
Blue=hottest
Red=coldest
This is the name of the newest space telescope launched.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
This event occurs when an explosion occurs on the surface of the sun.
What is a solar flare?
This is what our star become at the end of its life.
What is a White Dwarf?
These are the two variables of a star compared in an HR diagram.
What is Temperature and Luminosity?
If we were to travel to a distance of 2 AU (twice as far from the earth is), how much dimmer would the sun be?
What is 1/4 as bright?
Inverse square law -
1/2^2=1/4