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Question:

Describe the life cycle of a star.

Author: Miqdaam Hamed Hassan



Answer:

1)Nebula-clouds of dust and gas mostly hydrogen gravity pulls dust and gas together 2)Protostar-Mass falls together as it gets hot. Star formed when hot enough to make helium. fusion releases energy keeping core hot 3)Main sequence star-gravity pulls in balanced by pressure due to heat-the star is stable (4)STARS ABOUT SAME SIZE AS SUN: -Red giant star-hydrogen used up larger nuclei form and expand forming red giant -White dwarf-nuclear reactoins over-contracts under gravity-becomes white dwarf, fades and changes colour as it cools -Black dwarf (4)STARS MUCH BIGGER THAN SUN: -Red super giant star -Super nova-larger star with more mass makes nuclear reactions, gets hotter, expands until explodes into supernova throwing hot gas into space Either -Black hole or -Neutron star


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1)Nebula-clouds of dust and gas mostly hydrogen gravity pulls dust and gas together
2)Protostar-Mass falls together as it gets hot. Star formed when hot enough to make helium. fusion releases energy keeping core hot
3)Main sequence star-gravity pulls in balanced by pressure due to heat-the star is stable
(4)STARS ABOUT SAME SIZE AS SUN:
-Red giant star-hydrogen used up larger nuclei form and expand forming red giant
-White dwarf-nuclear reactoins over-contracts under gravity-becomes white dwarf, fades and changes colour as it cools
-Black dwarf
(4)STARS MUCH BIGGER THAN SUN:
-Red super giant star
-Super nova-larger star with more mass makes nuclear reactions, gets hotter, expands until explodes into supernova throwing hot gas into space
Either
-Black hole
or
-Neutron star
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