Sun/ Star MP1 FLASHCARD

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What elements are in the mixture?

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D and Z

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What will low mass stars like the sun turn into when they 'die'?

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White Dwarf

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How is our sun classified compared to other stars?

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Medium size with medium temperature

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What is a red giant or red super giant?

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A very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature, thought to be in a late stage of evolution when no hydrogen remains in the core to fuel nuclear fusion.

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What characteristic largely determines whether a star ends up as a red dwarf or a neutron star?

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Its mass.

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What is a black hole?

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A region of space where the gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.

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What is a brown dwarf?

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A substellar object that is too massive to be a planet but not massive enough to sustain hydrogen fusion like a star.

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What is a neutron star?

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A type of stellar remnant that is incredibly dense, formed from the remnants of a supernova explosion.

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What is the life cycle of a low mass star?

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It evolves from a main sequence star to a red giant, then sheds its outer layers to become a white dwarf.

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What is the main fuel for nuclear fusion in stars?

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Hydrogen.