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The Stars Lifecycle

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    Lifecycle of Stars
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  • True/False: At the most basic layer, stars are categorized by their MASS & TEMPERATURES.
    True
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  • What are the other ways in which we can categorize stars?
    By their physical characteristics, such as: color, composition, & brightness.
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  • True/False: The different types of stars are most closely related to the way the star was born?
    False-it is most closely related to its lifecycle.
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  • True/False: Different stars are born in different ways
    False-all stars are born the same way.
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  • What is a Protostar?
    It is a collection of gas that has collapsed down from a giant molecular cloud.
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  • How long does the Protostar phase last?
    About 100,000 years.
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  • After the Protostar stage, what is the next stage in Stellar Evolution?
    The star becomes a T Tauri Star
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  • How long does the T Tauri Star stage last?
    This stage lasts about 100 million years.
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  • True/False: A main sequence star is an old star.
    False-it is a young star
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  • True/False: All main sequence stars convert hydrogen into helium.
    True
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  • True/False: Dwarf stars are pretty big stars.
    False-they are relatively smaller stars which can be up to about 20 times the mass of our Sun.
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  • True/False: Our Sun is an Orange Dwarf Star?
    False-it is a Yellow Dwarf Star.
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  • True/False: Red Dwarf stars are the most common types of stars found in the Universe.
    True
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  • True/False: It is estimated Red Dwarf Stars will burn up to 2 trillion years.
    False: It is estimated they will burn up to 10 trillion years.
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  • True/False: Red Dwarf Stars have low mass & low luminosity.
    True
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  • True/False: Blue Main Sequence Stars are also called O & B type Main-Sequence stars.
    True
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