HF 0Iagram and LIght Year QuIz Name: _________________________________ per.

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FrIday12/2/11

1 1 the parts o1 the electromagnetIc spectrum lIsted below, whIch has the shortest
wavelength:
4 A) vIsIbIe IIght
4 ) Infrared radIatIon
4 ) radIo waves
4 ) X-rays
n a scIentI1Ic InvestIgatIon, observatIons are recorded and analyzed, and conclusIons are
made. WhIch o1 the 1ollowIng claIms Is most lIkely based on scIentI1Ic evIdence:
4 ) Dne day astronauts wIII traveI to our cIosest star.
4 ) The bIue star wIII dIe faster than the red star.
4 ) The star eteIguese Is a super red gIant star wIth a surface temperature of 3,000
o
ceIcIus.
4 ) A star wIth great mass may change temperature over and over agaIn.
What unIt Is used to measure the dIstance between stars:
4 A) astronomIcaI unIt
4 ) kIIometer
4 ) IIght-year
4 ) mIIe
stronomers usually measure the dIstance between stars In lIght years. lIght year Is
4 A) the measurement of vIsIbIe IIght
4 ) the dIstance of vIsIbIe IIght traveIs In one earth year
4 ) a measurement of 300,000 mIIes per mInute
4 ) an astronomIcaI measurement unIts


An astronomer discovers a new object in the sky. t is 100 times more luminous than the Sun and it has
a temperature of 8,000 C. According to the Hertzpriung-Russell Diagram above, it is best classified as a
main sequence star.
supergiant.
giant.
white dwarf.






.


An astronomer discovers a new object in the sky. t is 1,000,000 times more luminous than the Sun and
it has a temperature of 3,000
o
C. According to the Hertzpriung-Russell Diagram above,
it is best classified as a
main sequence star.
supergiant.
giant.
white dwarf.

7.

An astronomer discovers a new object in the sky. t is 1,000 times less luminous than the Sun and it
has a temperature of 20,000
o
C. According to the Hertzpriung-Russell Diagram above,
it is best classified as a
main sequence star.
supergiant.
giant.
white dwarf.







8.


An astronomer discovers a new object in the sky. t is 1,000 times less luminous than the Sun and it
has a temperature of 2,000
o
C. According to the Hertzpriung-Russell Diagram above,
it is best classified as a
main sequence star.
supergiant.
giant.
white dwarf.

9.


According to the Hertzpriung-Russell Diagram above, the majority of all stars are classified as
main sequence stars.
supergiants.
giants.
white dwarfs.






0. f the diameter of the Milky Way Galaxy is 130,000 light years. How many years does it take a photon of
light to travel from the center of the Galaxy to its edge?
130,000 light years
,000 light years
28,000 light years
A photon will travel to the edge of the galaxy instantaneously

11. blue white yellow orange red

A sLar's lumlnoslLy of 1000000 and surface LemperaLure of 0000
o
C lL's color would be classlfled as
Blue
White
yellow
red

12. A star that is classified as being RED, the star would have a surface temperature range of
40.000 - 20,000
10,000 ,000
,000 4,000
3,000 2,000

13. By looking at the color of a star, astronomers can tell about the (hint reference H-R diagram)
distance to the star
location of temperature of the star
temperature of the star
shape of the star

14. The brightness of a star is also called -----
Blue
luminosity
temperature
red

1. The H-R Diagram is useful in studying all of the these properties of a star except for its
brightness
location in the sky
temperature
luminosity