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U8.S2.B3: Stars
A. Draw and label the two different lifecycles of stars.
Supermassive
and
Low to Medium Mass
Stars (Reading: pp. 762-766)
B. What type of star has the same
lifecycle
as the Sun? Meaning, what
type of star
is our Sun?
a. Low Mass b. Medium Mass c. Supermassive
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C. What can watching
sunspots
over time tell astronomers? (Select the correct answer.)
a.Moving through space b. Spinning on axis c. Growing larger d. 93 million miles away
D. How do you read an HR (
hertzsprung-russell) diagram?
Compare our star to other stars.
E. Explain how the Sun makes its energy. Meaning, explain
nuclear fusion
.
F. What is solar
equilibrium
? Meaning, how does the Sun balance gravitational and nuclear forces?