The Life Cycle of a Star
- Created by: caits
- Created on: 11-04-14 11:32
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Stage 1 - Nebula
A collection of dust and gas
Stage 2 - Protostar
- Gravity pulls the particles together
- Start to give out light
- Nuclear fusion - forces build inside the star until they are great enough to fues hydrogen atoms together into helium
Stage 3 - Main sequence
The forces of graity pulling particles inwards are balanced by forces acting outwards due to the energy given to the partciles inside the star
Two types of main sequence star - small stars (yellow dwarfs), big stars (blue…
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