The Life Cycle of a Star Webquest:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/lifecycle/starbirth
.shtml
The Birth of a Star:
1. What is a nebulae?
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1. Put these steps in order.

______ The gas and dust compresses into a slowly rotating ball.
______ The gas ball begins to spin faster and cool.
______ A star begins to form from clouds of hydrogen gas and
dust.
______ The ball separate into a core and spinning disks.

3. How long can a star stay a protostar? ____________________________

4. Explain nuclear fusion.
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5. How long does a star live before it begins to die?
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Sun-like stars.
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6. How does a star like the sun become a Red Giant?
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7. Where does most of the mass of a red giant go when the star becomes a
white
dwarf?
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8. The final stage of a medium sized star like the sun is a

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The death of a Huge Star:
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9. What happens to a huge star when it becomes a red super giant?
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10. The explosion of a red super giant creates a
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11. The final stages of a red super giant depend on the stars

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12. What happens to a star?
- Less than 3 times the size of the sun?
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- Greater than 3 times the size of the sun?
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13. How does a star become a black hole?
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14. Could the Sun become a black hole?
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Life Cycle of a star Diagram:
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110277/stars/life_cycle1.htm
Draw the Diagram of the life cycle of a star use this link.

Why do stars twinkle?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/twinkl
e.shtml

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What is the scientific name for the twinkling of stars?

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Why do stars twinkle?

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17. Why dont planets twinkle?
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18. If you were in a spaceship would you be able to see a star twinkling?
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Why?
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The Closest Stars
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/nearest.shtml
19. What is the closest star to Earth? ________________________
How far away is it? _______________________
20. What is the brightest star in the sky? ____________________________

21. Draw the constellation Canis Major and label the star Cirrus on your
diagram.

Constellations
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/stars/conste
llations.shtml
22. How many constellations are in the sky? _________________________

The End!