life cycle of a star 8.8a describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and...

Life Cycle of a Star

8.8A describe components of the universe, including stars, nebulae, and galaxies, and use models such as the

Herztsprung-Russell diagram for classification.

Essential Questions

1. How do stars change over time?

2. How are stars classified on a Herztsprung-Russell Diagram?

3. How does our sun compare to other stars in the universe?

Objectives

1. Describe objects in space such as stars (in all life stages) and galaxies.

2. Describe the life cycle of a star and correlate a star’s life stage to its placement on the HR-Diagram.

3. Classify the types of stars on the HR-Diagram.

Warm Up

Look at the page:

Supernova in Chaco Canyon

-What predictions can you make about the words SUPERNOVA and NEBULA?

-Record your predictions in your Interactive Notebook.

ENGAGE: Life Cycle of a Human

Humans change through time. Describe the Life Cycle of a Human

-Record at least 4 Stages in your Notebook.

-Include the length of the stages and important details about each stage.

Human Life Cycle

EXPLORE: Life Cycles of Stars

Each Group will get a packet of pictures taken from the Hubble Telescope.

YOUR TASK

-Read the descriptions on each picture.

-Use clues from what you read to try to construct a “Life Cycle” for the star you have.

-Be prepared to share your groups ideas!

Warm Up: QUICK WRITERecord the Chart in your Notebook and fill it in using what you learned yesterday about how stars change over time.

TOPIC: Life Cycle of a Star: Stars Change Over Time

Key Points: Questions I Still Have:

Space School: Stars

Stars

EXPLAIN: Life Cycle FoldableUse pg 717 to illustrate your Life Cycle Foldable. Read pgs. 716-719 to record information about each phase.

Nebula Average Star (low mass star)

Red Giant Planetary Nebula

White Dwarf

Nebula Massive Star (high mass star)

Super Red Giant

Supernova Neutron Star or Black Hole

Life Cycle of a Star

The changes that a star goes through is determined by how much mass the star has.

Two Types of Life Cycles:

Average Star- a star with relatively low mass

Massive Star- a star with relatively high mass

Life Cycle of Stars

http://www.seasky.org/cosmic/sky7a01.html

Stellar Nebula

All stars begin in a cloud of gas and dust called a stellar NEBULA.

Gravity will cause the nebula to contract.

The nebula will break into smaller pieces. These pieces will eventually form stars.

The Life of an Average Star

An Average Star (low mass star) is condensed in a nebula and begins a nuclear reaction that causes hydrogen to form helium, releasing energy in the form of heat and light.

A low mass star will stay in this MAIN SEQUENCE phase for a long time, until it begins to use up all of it’s hydrogen.


Towards the end of it’s MAIN SEQUENCE phase, a star begins to burn all of its hydrogen.

The outer layers will collapse, become heated by the core and expand out forming a red giant.


The star begins to quickly blow off its layers forming a cloud around the star called a planetary nebula.

The star in the center of the nebula is very hot but not very bright.


When a star has burned all it’s fuel it will collapse under the pressure of gravity.

The white dwarf that forms is very small and dense.

Life of a Massive Star


Stellar NebulaStellar Nebula

All stars begin in a cloud of gas and dust called a stellar NEBULA.

Gravity will cause the nebula to contract.

The nebula will break into smaller pieces. These pieces will eventually form stars.


Stars with more mass than the sun (high mass stars) burn their hydrogen faster than low mass stars, so their MAIN SEQUENCE phase is much shorter.

These stars burn hotter and brighter than low mass stars.


When the high mass star burns off it’s hydrogen its outer layers begin to expand rapidly.

Temperatures at the core are much higher than a red giant. Nuclear fusion causes elements to combine into an iron core at amazing speeds.


The iron core collapses on it’s self under the intense gravity at very high speeds.

The energy released is called SUPERNOVA.


After the incredible release of energy from the SUPERNOVA a dense core (1 trillion times denser than a white dwarf) is all that remains of the Massive Star.

If the mass is too dense it will continue to collapse on itself forming a black hole. The gravitational pull of a black hole is so great, light can not escape.

Warm Up: Read to Learn

Read page 706 in your textbook.

-In your journals use the word Brightness in a sentence.

-In your journals use the word magnitude in a sentence.

The Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) Diagram

In groups, make observations about the HR Diagram.

-In your Interactive Journal record and fill in the following sentence:

I notice that _____________.

Record all observations made by your group.

The Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) DiagramMAGNITUDE

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REMEMBER: Temperature Increases from right to left

1 L is equal to the brightness of the sun

Are these stars brighter or dimmer

than the sun


Characteristics of Stars

Temperature & Color– The color of a star indicates the T of the

star– Stars are classified by T

Decreasing T (bright to dim)O, B, A, F, G, K, M [Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me

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Time to Practice: Challenge #1

-Use the Temperature and Magnitude (brightness) on Each Star to place it on it’s correct location on the HR Diagram.


Time to Practice: Challenge #2-Check your HR Diagram with the teacher. Remove the stars and place them in the correct spot

on the Life Cycle of a Star Diagram.-Make observations and inferences the relationship of

the HR Diagram to the Star’s Life Cycle.

Record your thoughts in your journal using the

sentence: I notice that _________.


http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/stars/lifecycle/hrdiagram.gif

Warm Up: Chaco Article

Read the Chaco Article

-Look back in your Interactive Notebook at your first journal entry about Chaco.

-What predictions did you make. Record your new understanding in your journal.


Complete pg 112-114 in the Gateways book.

EVALUATE: RAFT Activity

Read the RAFT Instruction Sheet. Work Silently to complete your RAFT by the end of

class.

Essential Questions

1.How do stars change over time?

2.How are stars classified on a Herztsprung-Russell Diagram?

Objectives

Describe objects in space such as stars (in all life stages) and galaxies.

Describe the life cycle of a star and correlate a star’s life stage to its placement on the HR-Diagram.

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