Characteristics of Stars
Study Guide 27.1 Characteristics of Stars
Guided Reading, Questions, and Vocabulary
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__Please read pages 547-554.
__Vocabulary List for pages 547-554:
(Click on an underlined word to hear it spoken)
star (p. 547) spectrometer (p. 547) blue stars (p. 548)
blue shift (p. 548) red stars (p. 548) yellow stars(p. 548)
circumpolar (p. 549) Doppler shift (p. 549) light-years (p. 550)
parallax (p. 550) red shift (p. 550) stellar magnitudes (p. 552)
apparent magnitude (p. 552) H-R diagram (p. 553)
absolute magnitude (p. 553)main sequence stars (p. 554)
giants (p. 554) white dwarfs (p. 554) supergiants (p. 554)
nebula (p. 555) protostar (p. 555)
Special Feature for
__Please answer Class Questions.
Objectives for pages 547-554:
__1. Describe how astonomers determine the compostion and surface temperature of a star.
__2. Explain why stars appear to move to an observer on the earth.
__3. Name and describe the way astronomers measure the distance from the earth to the stars.
__4. Explain the difference between absolute magnitude and apparent magnitude.
Section 27.2 Guided Reading, Questions, and Vocabulary
__Please read pages 555-560.
__Vocabulary List for pages 555-560:
(Click on an underlined word to hear it spoken)
nuclear fusion (p. 556) planetary nebula (p. 558)
neutron star (p. 559) nova (p. 559) supernova (p. 559)
black holes (p. 560) pulsars (p. 560)
Special Feature for
__Please answer Class Questions.
Objectives for pages 555-560:
__1. Describe how a protostar develops into a star.
__2. Explain how a main-sequence star generates energy.
__3. Describe the possible evolution of a star during and after the giant stage.
Section 27.3 Guided Reading, Questions, and Vocabulary
__Please read pages 561-565.
__Vocabulary List for pages 561-565:
(Click on an underlined word to hear it spoken)
constellations (p. 561) galaxies (p. 562) spiral galaxy (p. 563)
barred spiral galaxies (p. 563) elliptical galaxies (p. 559)
irregular galaxy (p. 563) open clusters (p. 564)
globular clusters (p. 564) binary stars (p. 564) quasars (p. 565)
Special Feature for
__Please answer Class Questions.
Objectives for pages 561-565:
__1. Describe the characteristics that identify a constellation.
__2. Describe the three main types of galaxies.
__3. Explain the big bang theory.
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