Astronomy Star Quiz Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| The color of a star depends on its | Temperature |
| What can a scientists learn about a star from its spectrum? | Its composition and temperature |
| Why do black lines appear on an absorption spectrum? | They show where less light is abosorbed by a star's atmosphere |
| What color are the hottest stars? | Blue |
| The brightness of a star at a distance of 32.6 light-years from Earth. | Absolute magnitude |
| The brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on Earth. | Apparent Magnitude |
| an apparent shift in an object's position when viewed from different locations | Parallax |
| The distance that light travels in one year. | light-year |
| The band of color produced when white light passes through a prism | spectrum |
| The H-R diagram shows the relationship of a star's surface temperature and its | absolute Magnitude |
| What objects are formed from the materials in the core of a supernova? | Black holes and neutron stars |
| What is the correct sequence of a star's life cycle? | main sequence, red giant, and white dwarf |
| How do new stars form? | From the material of old stars. |
| A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star | white dwarf |
| a gigantic explosion that causes the death of a large star | supernova |
| a star in which the electrons and protons have become neurons | neutron star |
| a star that expands and cools once it runs out of hydrogen | red giant |
| a spinning neutron star that emits rapid pulses of radio and optical energy | pulsar |
| a massive and dense object from which even light cannot escape its gravity | black hole |
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