Star Light, Star Bright Worksheet
Name _____________________
Catch the Waves
1. How long would it take us to discover that our sun had suddenly blown
up? (Check in Brain Teasers.)
2. Sunlight can be separated into component colors by a prism, each color is
a different __________.
3. Go to Beats Me--You Explain it! and answer one question, in paragraph
form, in your own words!
Making Waves:
4. How is the wavelength of light related to its energy?
5. What is the frequency of a wave?
6. How do we measure frequency and wavelength?
Heating Up:
7. As the temperature of the robot increases, its color becomes: redder?
bluer?
8. When the robot is at body temperature, at approximately what wavelength
does its radiation peak?
9. As temperature increases, the peak wavelength: decreases increases.
10. Click on “Learn More About It,” how much more luminous than the Sun is
the star Zeta Orionis?
11. What connection can you make about star temperatures and colors?
Stellar Encounters:
12. What is the color of a star that has a temperature of 3000 degrees
Celsius?
13. Read “Learn More About It”, in what galaxy is the cluster NGC 1850?