Question

A measure of the amount of light received on Earth is a star's ____.

a. apparent magnitude
c. position in space
b. absolute magnitude
d. size

Answer 1

a. apparent magnitude

Step-by-step explanation:

Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star (that is, amount of light) received on Earth. Star's apparent magnitude depends on:

• star luminosity

• star distance from Earth

• extinction of the light, for example, caused by interstellar dust.

Answer 2

Apparent magnitude because Apparent is kinda like when something is obvious. So that's how I think of it.