
Life Cycle of a Star
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Carol Lee
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Life Cycle of a Star
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Multiple Choice
What 2 elements are stars mainly comprised of?
Hydrogen and helium
Methane and potassium
Hydrogen and argon
Nitrogen and helium
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Star Life Cycle
Death of Stars:
–What stars end up as depend on mass
Low and Medium Mass stars
•Planetary nebula --------- white dwarf
High mass stars (10 x or greater)
•Supernova --------- neutron star or black hole
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Multiple Choice
The life cycles of stars are determined by their:
mass (size)
color
distance from Earth
how bright they are
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Birth
Stars start out in giant clouds of dust called nebula. Gravity forces the dust to bunch together. As more and more dust bunches up, gravity gets stronger and it starts to get hot and becomes a protostar.
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Watch: A Star is Born
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7MG-LahuX4
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Multiple Choice
All stars begin their life as a
Main Sequence
Nebula
Protostar
Black Dwarf
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Multiple Choice
This is a young star that glows as gravity brings it together
Nebula
Protostar
Main-sequence star
Red giant
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Main Sequence Stars
Once a star, it will continue to burn energy and glow for billions of years. This is the state of the star for the majority of its life and is called the "main sequence". During this time a balance is met between gravity wanting to shrink the star and heat wanting to make it grow bigger. The star will remain this way until it runs out of hydroge
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Multiple Choice
Our sun is currently in what star stage?
Protostar
Nebula
Main Sequence
Red Giant
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