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| High-mass stars will in a gigantic explosion, called a: |
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| Sun-like stars form a degenerate core of __________ and ___________. |
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| Stars like our sun are constantly losing mass in a: |
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| The "final breath" of a sun-like star is a: |
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| When a Sun-like star builds a large enough carbon-oxygen core, the core collapses, and the matter becomes degenerate. |
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| The more massive a white dwarf is the ________ it is. |
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| White dwarfs have low ___________ and high ______________. |
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| luminosity and temperature |
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| In a binary system, each star controls a finite region of space, bounded by the ____________. |
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| Where are white dwarfs found in the H-R diagram? |
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| in the lower corner of H-R diagram |
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| The Sun will expand to a red giant in about _________ years. |
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| What will the core of the Sun become at the end of its life? |
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| When the Sun expands to red giant, what will happen to Earth? |
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| Earth will be incinerated |
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| High mass stars live _______ and _______ lives. |
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| The collapse of a massive star is a type ___ supernova |
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| When a white dwarf collects too mch mass, it will collapse and produce a type ____ superanova. |
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| Once the core of a massive star fills with iron, it collapses, triggering a: |
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| Several hundreds to thousands of year after a supernova, the ejected material is still visable as: |
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