Kira Grooms

December 7, 2015
Luminosity 1
A. A E C B D
The size of the hot plate reresents surface area. Determining the
largest object is as simple as determining which circle is the largest. Since A
is the largest circle it has the
largest surface area. Since D is the smallest
circle it has the smallest surfacce area.
B. A E C B D
The prompt provided the information needed to complete this
question. The lighter
the gray of the circle is the hotter the temperature
of the hot plate. That would make
A and E the hottest because they are
the lightest shade. B and D would be coolest since they are the darkest
shade.
C. A E C B D
This question requires you to account for surface are as well as
temperature. The stars with the greatest luminosity are going to be the
ones with the highest
temperature and the largest surface area. Since
object A is both the hottest star and
has the largest surface area it also
possesses the greatest luminosity. Object D is both the coldest with the
smallest surface area and will therefore have the least
luminosity.

Luminosity 2
A. A B C D
The temperature is easy to identify because the X-axis of the graph
blatently states
the temperature of each point. The closer to the left a
point is the hotter the object
the point represents is. The opposite can be
said for points closer to the left.
B. All possess same luminosity
Luminosity can be found using the same process as finding
temperature, but this time
the Y-axis data is the one to look at. The
closer to the top a point is the more
luminous it is. The closer to the
bottom the dimmer it is. Since all points are at the same location on the Yaxis, all they points lave the same luminosity.
C. D C B A
When trying to take into account the size of the stars, both
temperature and luminosity must be taken into account. A cooler star
would have to be larger in order
to have the same luminosity as a hot,

small star. Since all these stars are the same luminosity, the coolest star
must be also be the largest.

Luminosity 3
A. All possess the same temperature
Like luminosity 2, temperature is easy to identify because the X-axis of
the graph
blatently states the temperature of each point. Since all four
points are at the same
point on the X-axis, they must all be the same
temperature.
B. A B C D
Also like luminosity 2, luminosity can be found by looking at the Y-axis.
The closer to
the top a point is the more luminous it is. The closer to
the bottom the dimmer it is.
Since point A is closer to the top of the
graph, it is hotter than point D, which is at the
bottm of the graph.
C. A B C D
Since the temperature of the stars are all the same, a hotter star must
have the
largest surface are and a cooler star must have a lower surface
area.

Luminosity 4
A. A B C D
Like the previous two questions, temperature can be found by just
looking at the
axis. Since A is closer to the left of the graph it is hotter
than D which is on the far
right of the graph.
B. D C B A
Again like the previous two questions, luminosity can be found by
looking at the Yaxis. Since D is closer to the top of the graph it is more
luminous than A which found
at the bottom of the graph.
C. D C B A
Stars that are lower in temperature need to have a higher surface area
in order to have a brighter luminosity. Stars that are higher in temperature
need less surface area to have the same luminosity. This is why D, the
coolest star, must have the
highest surface area.