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Stars and Galaxies
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Question 1
1.
A star's brightness as if it were a standard sistance from Earth is known as what?
apparent brightness
absolute brightness
parallax
Hertzsprung Russell diagram
Question 2
2.
A star begins as part of a large cloud of gas and dust called what?
nebula
protostar
black holes
super nova
Question 3
3.
A system in which one star periodically blocks the light from another is called what?
star cluster
eclipsing binary
binary stars
galaxies
Question 4
4.
A unit that is often used to measure distances between stars is called what?
parallax
absolute brightness
apparent brightness
light year
Question 5
5.
The beginning stage of a star's life cycle is known as what?
nebula
protostar
black hole
super nova
Question 6
6.
Many stars belong to larger groups called what?
star cluster
eclipsing binary
binary stars
galaxies
Question 7
7.
What is an imaginary pattern of stars?
apparent brightness
absolute brightness
parallax
constellation
Question 8
8.
A dying high-mass star can suddenly explode, becoming a what?
nebula
protostar
black hole
super nova
Question 9
9.
A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust and gas bound together by gravity is called what?
spiral galaxy
irregulary galaxy
elliptical galaxy
galaxy
Question 10
10.
The brightness of a star as seen from Earth is called what?
parallax
absolute brightness
apparent brightness
light year
Question 11
11.
The most massive stars collapse to form what when they die?
nebula
protostar
black hole
super nova
Question 12
12.
Galaxies that appear to have a bulge in the middle and arms that move outward are called what?
quasar
irregular galaxy
spiral galaxy
eclipsing galaxy
Question 13
13.
Which of the following is not a characteristic of stars?
size
temperature
texture
color
chemical composition (what it's made of)
Question 14
14.
What determines how long a star will live?
volume
mass
density
brightness
Question 15
15.
Scientists use the power of ten to write very large or very small numbers in shorter form called what?
scientific method
scientific notation
scientific data
scientific normality
Question 16
16.
How are stars classified?
H-R diagram
Q-R diagram
Q-D diagram
H-A diagram
Question 17
17.
How to astronomers measure distances to stars?
paradox
parralax
apparent brightness
color and temperature