Earth Science -STARS and Vocabulary

The Sun is a __________________color star? 

Can we see the Sculptor Galaxy without a telescope or binoculars with apparent magnitude of 8?

What color are the smallest stars?  

A hot, giant sphere of gases that gives off energy and light. 

A YELLOW star is BIGGER than a BLUE star. 

Which star color is the hottest?  

All objects (including planets, asteroids, comets) that orbit around a star we call the sun. 

The constellation patterns we see today are NOT the same as they were thousands of years ago.

What is the name of our Galaxy? 

Massive Stars are what color? 

What are the name of the 4 Gas Giant planets? 

A White Star is BIGGER than a Yellow Star? 

Millions of stars are visible through binoculars or a telescope? 

What is Mrs. Ponder's favorite constellation? 

Someone who studies stars and planets using scientific equipment including telescopes. 

Which is brighter?  Procyon .4  or Epsilon 3.73

What color star is the coolest? 

Order of the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum from least energy to greatest energy? 

Who is your favorite 5th grade Science teacher? 

What is Mrs. Ponder's favorite star? 

How do we remember the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum? 

The distance light can travel in a year; 186,000 miles per second. 

Can we see Andromeda Galaxy without binoculars if it has an apparent magnitude of 3.4? 

What are the names of the 4 small dense planets? 

Most stars are too far away to look like a ball, instead they appear as tiny points of light. 

The Sun is a ____________temperature and size star? 

Blue stars are about _________times the mass of the sun? 

Thousands of stars are visible without binoculars or telescopes? 

The measure of the brightness of a star. 

The scientific study of stars, planets, and other objects in outer space. 

What is Mrs. Ponder's favorite Galaxy? 

Up to what magnitude can Hubble telescope view? 

The BRIGHTER the object, the LOWER the number of magnitude? 

Billions of stars and dust that are part of a universe bound together by gravitational forces. 

A pattern of stars forming a particular shape in the sky and has been given a name.  

What are the names of 5 of the dwarf planets? 

EVERYTHING that exists in outer space 

The Moon's apparent magnitude is -11 and Sirius' apparent magnitude is -1.4 which is brighter? 

A large celestial body in space that doesn't give off light; must orbit a sun. 

Red stars are about __________the mass of the sun?