HR Diagram and Lifecycle of a Star

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What are Light Years a measure of?

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Distance

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What is the term for a dense and hot sphere of gas and dust that begins to form a sunlike star?

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Protostar

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Are Giants considered hotter than White Dwarfs?

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False

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What is the most important characteristic of a star?

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Mass

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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What happens to stars as we move to the left on the HR Diagram?

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Stars get hotter.

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What is the HR Diagram used for?

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To classify stars based on their luminosity, temperature, and evolutionary stage.

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What is a White Dwarf?

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A small, dense star that is the remnant of a low or medium mass star after it has exhausted its nuclear fuel.

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What is a Red Giant?

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A large star that has expanded and cooled after exhausting the hydrogen in its core.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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What is a Supergiant?

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An extremely large star that is much more massive than the Sun and has a very high luminosity.

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What is the lifecycle of a star?

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The process a star goes through from formation to its end stages, including phases like protostar, main sequence, red giant, and supernova.

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1