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?

 

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