Article reading: Star Characteristics

DESCRIPTION: Read about the characteristics of stars: mass and size, color and brightness on your book
pages 342-346. Copy the characteristics of the stars in your notebook. And answer the following
questions in 1 whole sheet of paper.

1. What are the different groups of stars? What are the different characteristics that are the basis
for grouping the stars?
2. The Sun is:
a. Color: - white yellow red blue
b. Size: - small/dwarf medium-sized large/giant
c. Brightness: - highly luminous moderately luminous low luminosity
3. What are the two factors that determine how bright stars appear to us here on Earth?
4. Why are stars of different colors? What do we know about stars based on their colors?
5. What is the difference between luminosity and brightness or stars?
6. What benefit do we get from learning of the characteristics of stars?
7. Create a concept that summarize the different characteristics of the stars.
Ex.

Characeristics
of the Stars