How does the distance to one of the nearest stars compare with the distance to the Sun?
One of the nearest stars will be of order (in the ballpark of) (a) slightly nearer than the Sun. (b) 20 to 100 times further than the Sun (c) a few thousand times more distant than the Sun. (d) several hundred thousand times more distant than the Sun. (e) Ten million to one hundred million times more distant than the Sun. • When you look at the night sky, the bright stars have different colors. This is due to differences in which of the following properties of the stars? (a) age (b) chemical composition (c) temperature (d) distance (e) mass • Stars are predominantly composed of one of the following substances. Which is it? (a) helium (b) hydrogen (c) nitrogen (d) carbon dioxide (e) silicon • Modern astronomy has identified the places where stars are formed, that is come into existence. These regions are identified with (a) the brightest stars in the galaxy. (b) the center of the galaxy. (c) the “galactic halo”, from which stars settle into the disk of the Milky Way. (d) regions of th
