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Science Chapter 21 Review. Miss tilton. A ___________________ uses convex lenses to gather and focus light. refracting telescope. A low-mass main sequence star will eventually evolve into a . white dwarf. A star system in which one star blocks the light from another star is called a(n ).
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Science Chapter 21 Review Miss tilton
A ___________________ uses convex lenses to gather and focus light. • refracting telescope
A low-mass main sequence star will eventually evolve into a • white dwarf
A star system in which one star blocks the light from another star is called a(n) • eclipsing binary
A star cluster loosely organized and containing only a few thousand stars is a(n) • open cluster
An H-R diagram is a graph of stars’ temperature and • absolute brightness
Astronomers use ____________ to determine the chemical composition of stars. • spectrographs
A galaxy shaped like a ball and containing only older stars is most likely a _____ . • elliptical galaxy.
Visible light is a form of • electromagnetic radiation
Pulsars are a kind of ____________________ . • neutron star
The scientist who made the telescope famous for being the first to look in the sky was • Galileo
Choose either a high-mass or low-mass star. Outline the stages of the star’s life cycle. (You may list the stages or draw a quick sketch.)