Star Struck
These are the largest and brightest stars
What are supergiants?
The brightness of a star is called its _________
What is magnitude?
The name for stars that regularly or repeatedly change in magnitude
What are variable stars?
The name for an existing star that flares up and becomes brighter than normal
What is a nova?
A chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits the Sun
What is a comet?
The term scientists use to describe the death explosion of a massive star
What is a supernova?
When a massive star runs out of fuel, collapses, and disappears from space, scientists call what is left a ______
What is a black hole?
The name for telescopes that bend light to make objects seem larger
What are refracting telescopes?
These contain two stars
What are binary systems?
The name for a group of stars that form a picture
What is a constellation?
A neutron star that spins rapidly on its axis is called a _____
What is a pulsar?
The kind of telescope that uses mirrors to make objects appear bigger
What are reflecting telescopes?
We live in this galaxy
What is the milky way?
The measurement of a star’s apparent movement over time is known as ________
What is parallax?
The name for a cloud of dust, gases, and debris
What is a nebula?
This is a huge star system that covers many light years of space
What is a galaxy?
The star’s apparent brightness
What is apparent magnitude?
These are made of irregularly shaped pieces of rock, metal, and dust
What is an astroid?
Galaxies travel through space together by forming a cluster, called ______
What is a local group?
A meteor becomes a meteorite when it passes through this
What is the Earth’s atmosphere?
The stars in this type of cluster form a ball
What is a globular cluster?
The true brightness of a star
What is absolute magnitude?
These contain three or four stars
What are multiple star groups?
These are glowing balls of gases
What are stars?
This star is closest to earth
What is the sun?