Life Cycle of Stars

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Stellar Nebula

A large cloud of dust and gas

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Prostars

baby stars

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Main Sequence

The adult stage

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Stars that last up to a million years in their adult stage are usually ____.

big stars

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Stars that last up to billions of years in their adult stage are usually ______.

small stars

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In the main sequence stage, there is always a instant battle between _____ imploding and ____ exploding.

gravity, fusion

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After the main sequence, the adult star can turn into a ____ ____ or a ___ ________.

Redgiant, red supergiant

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When a star hits the red giant/supergiant stage, ________ is used up in its core and _______ begins to burn.

hydrogen, helium

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In what stage does the core collapse and the Gasses expand?

Red giant/supergiant stage

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Dredge ups occur when a star has a _____ mass

low

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After the red giant stage, the low mass star will turn into a ______ _____ with a _____ ____ in the middle.

planetary nebula, white dwarf

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The bigger the white dwarf is, the ______ it is in size

smaller

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After the star reaches the White Dwarf stage, it'll turn into a _____ _____.

black dwarf

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Once a white dwarf consumes all of it fuel, it ends up ______, ______, and __-______.

cold, dense, non-luminous

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After the star reaches the red supergiant stage, it’ll turn into a _______.

Supernovae

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_____ and ______ drives gasses back to the surface, the waves of Gasses become ____ waves.

pressure, temperature, shock

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The supernova can have 4 different outcomes: ______ ______, ______ ____, ________, and _________.

White Dwarf, neutron star, black hole, stardust

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One of the outcomes of a supernovae is a neuron star, this star gets so heavy due to the ______ and _____ being converted to ______ in a very small compressed space.

protons, electrons, neutrons

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One of the outcomes of a supernovae is a black hole, this happens due to the escape speed of the stellar corpse exceeding the ______ __ _____.

speed of light

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One outcome of a supernova is stardust, this happens when the ____ of a supernova collapses due to it running out of fuel, triggering a powerful ______. This causes stardust to be disbursed everywhere.

core, explosion