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CLASS COPY!!! CLASS COPY!!! CLASS COPY!!! Review 4.2: Characteristics of Stars Read pgs 141-147 in your textbook to complete this worksheet. Understanding Main Ideas Use the H-R diagram on the right to answer questions 1– 3. Write your answers in your notebook. ____ 1. Which star has the greatest brightness? ____ 2. Which star has the hottest surface? 3. Stars C and D have the same absolute brightness. What would you need to know to determine their apparent brightnesses? Surface Temperature Answer the following questions in your notebook. Write the complete question and write your answer in complete sentences. 4. Explain how astronomers measure the distance to nearby stars. 5. What are the main characteristics used to classify stars? 6. How would you classify the sun based on each of these characteristics? Building Vocabulary From the list below, choose the term that best completes each sentence and then write the entire sentence in your notebook. spectrograph constellation light-year parallax apparent brightness absolute brightness Hertzsprung-Russell diagram main sequence 7. A star’s brightness as if it were a standard distance from Earth is its 8. A device that breaks light into colors and produces an image is a(n) 9. A unit that is often used to measure distances between stars is a(n) 10. The region of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram that most stars fall within is the ______________________ . 11. A graph of stars showing surface temperature on the x-axis and absolute brightness on the y-axis is a(n) ________________________ . 12. ______________________ is often used to determine the distance to nearby stars. 13. A ______________________ is a(n) imaginary pattern of stars. 14. The brightness of a star as seen from Earth is its