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Pre-Lab Quiz: Star Stumpers
Discuss each question with your team. Be prepared to explain the reasoning behind your team's answers after the quiz.
- Which star is hottest?
- a G5 main sequence star
- a K2 supergiant
- an F3 main sequence star
- an F8 horizontal branch giant
- Which star would look brightest from Earth?
- a star 800 parsecs away with an absolute magnitude of 5
- a star 900 parsecs away with an apparent magnitude of 3
- a star 1200 parsecs away with an apparent magnitude of 4
- a star 10 parsecs away with an absolute magnitude of 8
- Bright stars appear bigger to the naked eye because ________
- they are closer.
- they are bigger.
- the atmosphere scatters their light more.
- our eyes can detect their scattered light at larger angles.
- When a main sequence star becomes a giant, it ________
- increases in temperature and luminosity.
- decreases in temperature and luminosity.
- increases in temperature and decreases in luminosity.
- decreases in temperature and increases in luminosity.