Space Science: Stars Video Questions
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1. What is a star?
2. What makes stars shine?
3. What is the main gas that stars use as fuel?
4. Why are some stars brighter than others?
5. What is a super giant star?
6. How is a star's color related to its temperature?
7. How are spectroscopes used to study the stars?
8. What is the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude?
9. What is a binary star system? Are they common in space?
10. How do scientists believe a binary star produces a nova?
11. What is a main sequence star?
12. What is a white dwarf star
13. How long does light from Sirius take to reach Earth?
14. What is a light year? Why do we use this measurement to describe distances in space?
15. What is the origin of the constellations? Why were they created?