Stellar Evolution
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Stars are not eternal. Every star is born in a cloud of gas, burns for millions or billions of years, and eventually runs out of fuel. What happens next depends on a single factor: how massive the star was at birth. Some fade quietly into tiny white dwarfs; others explode as supernovae and leave behind neutron stars or black holes.
In this lesson you will trace the full life cycle of both low-mass and high-mass stars, learn how colour reveals surface temperature, and see how the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram organises every star we can observe. These ideas are tested frequently on Edexcel Paper 1 as sequence-ordering and diagram questions.
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- Understand how stars can be classified according to their colour
- Know that a star's colour is related to its surface temperature
- Describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages: nebula, star (main sequence), red giant, white dwarf
- Describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun
- Understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitude
- Draw the main components of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HR diagram)
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- Which colour of star has the highest surface temperature? A) Red B) Yellow C) White D) Blue Answer: D
- What is the correct order for the life cycle of a solar-mass star? A) Nebula, main sequence, protostar, white dwarf, red giant B) Nebula, protostar, main sequence, red giant, white dwarf C) Protostar, nebula, main sequence, red giant, white dwarf D) Nebula, protostar, red giant, main sequence, white dwarf Answer: B
- On a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, where are red giants found? A) Bottom left B) Top right C) Bottom right D) Centre Answer: B
- What is the final stage of a star that is much more massive than the Sun? A) White dwarf B) Red giant C) Neutron star or black hole D) Protostar Answer: C
- Absolute magnitude measures the brightness of a star at a standard distance of: A) 1 light-year B) 1 parsec C) 10 parsecs D) 100 parsecs Answer: C
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