Stars
Life Cycle
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This is the name of the star in the center our our solar system (our sun).

Sol

100

This is the process that happens inside of stars which creates new elements and a large amount of energy.

Fusion.

200

About how old is our sun?

About 4.5 billion years old.

200

This is the heaviest element that can be made inside of a star.

Iron

300

On the H-R diagram, our sun is categorized as this type of star.

What is a "main sequence star".

300

This happens when High Mass stars run our of elements to fuse together.

the star goes super nova.
400

True or false, our sun has enough mass to eventually turn into a Super Nova.

False. Main sequence stars do not have enough mass to go Super Nova.

400

This is what happens when low mass stars run out of elements to fuse.

The core becomes a White Dwarf and the outer layers become a nebula.

500

Our sun is mostly made up of these two elements.

Hydrogen and Helium.
500

After a star goes super nova, there are two possible endings. What are they.

The super nova can become a black hole, or it can become a neutron star.

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