Stellar Evolution Lab - The Life-Cycle Of A Star Worksheet (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

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Brightness

°C)

Star type

Temperature (

(compared to the sun)

Dwarf (Black)

2,500

0.0001 x

Dwarf (White)

8,000 - 15,000

0.01 - 0.5 x

Giant (Red)

3,000 - 6,000

100 - 4,000 x

Main Sequence

5,000 - 15,000

1 - 1,000 x

Supergiant (red)

4,000

100,000 - 1,000,000 x

Questions

Use the information in this lab to answer the questions below

1) Do all protostars become stars? Why or why not? _______________________________________________

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2) Which type of star is the brightest? ___________________________________________

3) How is a massive star’s stage 4 different than an average star’s stage 4? _________________________

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4) Why do some massive stars become neutron stars and others black holes? _______________________

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