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22 Questions

1. What color are the hottest stars?

a) red b) blue
c) white d) yellow

2. Characteristics used to classify stars include _______________

a) distance, size, and color. b) size, distance, and brightness.

c) size, brightness, and temperature. d) size, brightness, and temperature.

3. Astronomers typically measure distances to stars in units

called __________________.

a) electromagnetic spectrum. b) parsec

c) parallax. d) light-year

4. What is a measure of the amount of star's light that is

received on Earth?

a) absolute magnitude b) apparent magnitude

c) fusion d) parallax

5. Which statement describes stars from coolest to hottest?

a) blue, yellow, red b) yellow, blue, red

c) red, yellow, blue d) blue, red, yellow

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6. . The brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, is

________, while the only xed star, in the constellation Ursa
Major (Big Bear or Big Dipper) is _________.

a) Sirius ; Polaris b) Polaris ; Sirius

c) Rigel ; Antares d) Betelgeuse ; Polaris

7. Why do stars have colors?

a) It is because of the presence of oxygen. b) It is because of the presence of carbon

dioxide.

c) It is because of varied temperatures. d) t is because of the di erent locations.

8. Which constellation is prominently seen in the sky during

summer?

a) Virgo b) Orion
c) Pegasus d) Hercules

9. Stars can be found in large groups throughout the universe.

What are these groups called?

a) solar system b) comets

c) constellations d) asteroids

10. The twins who got “immortalized” as stars, are ________, in

constellation ______.

a) Castor and Pollux ; Gemini b) Polaris and Pollux ; Hydra

c) Betelgeuse and Rigel ; Orion d) Rigel and Regulus ; Leo

11. The constellation that has the closest resemblance to its

name is _______.

a) Leo b) Gemini

c) Scorpio d) Capricorn

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12. The apparent shift in position caused by the motion of the

observer.

a) Parsec b) Parallax

c) Doppler e ect d) Magnitude

13. Starting at the center, which is the correct order of solar

layer?

a) Chromosphere, corona, photosphere, solar b) Photosphere, chromosphere, solar wind,

wind corona
c) Photosphere, chromosphere, corona, solar d) Solar wind, chromosphere, corona,
wind photosphere

14. Why do sunspots appear dark?

a) They are cooler than their surroundings. b) They are holes in the interior of the Sun.
c) They do not have strong magnetic elds. d) They are hotter than their surroundings.

15. Which is true about the spectral classi cation of stars?

a) An A star is cooler than an M star but b) An O star is cooler than a B star yet hotter
hotter than an F star. than an F star.

c) A K star is hotter than both a G star and an d) A G star is cooler than a B star and hotter
M star than a K star

16. A cloud of interstellar gas and dust that begins the

formation of the star.

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17. The larger the aperture of the telescope the more

electromagnetic radiation it can collect.

a) True b) False

18. A group of stars that are gravitationally bound to each

other.

a) Cluster b) Constellation
c) Asterism d) Parallax

19. These are neutron stars that emit pulsating pattern of light
and rotates on their axes.

20. Medium size stars can make a massive explosion like

supernova.

a) True b) False

21. There are star pattern that are not o cial. We call these
uno cial star patterns ...

a) Zeniths b) Star clusters

c) Asterisms d) Astrology

22. The Winter Triangle is an example of which of the

following?

a) constellation b) asterism

c) asterisk d) astrology

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Answer Key
1. b 7. c 13. c 19. Pulsar
2. d 8. a 14. a 20. b
3. b 9. c 15. d 21. c
4. b 10. a 16. Nebula 22. b
5. c 11. a 17. a
6. a 12. b 18. a

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