Opening Activity

1. As a star runs out of nuclear energy, what do you think will occur to the size of the star? Provide an explanation as to why you think that.

Quizzes graded… will get back to you after 5th period takes it (tomorrow)

Sept 2

Today’s DateOpening Activity Work

Today’s Picture(s)

Exit Slip

Today’s Note(s)

Protostar

Death of HM

Death of LM

Giants

Intro

Your Own Model

Nebula

3 Types

Main Sequence

Death of MM

Blackhole

Star Forces?

Star Cycle

• There are 6 primary steps in the life and death of stars.

Nebula Cloud

• The nursery of stars. This “cloud” is a combination of Hydrogen, gas, and dust (remnants of other stars and objects of the universe).

• The matter used to make stars are recycled from other substances in the universe.

ProtostarThe beginning of a star. The nebula cloud

condenses due to gravity and forms a solid body.

The condensing of matter releases energy, the protostar is the first stage in which light is emitted.

Nebula

Depending on the amount of matter in the nebula cloud, stars will either become low, medium or high mass stars.

ALL of the stars create Helium from fusing together two Hydrogen nuclei.

Protostar

Low Mass Stars

Makes Helium onlyHigh Mass Stars

Makes Helium - Iron

Med Mass Stars

Makes Helium - Carbon

Death of Low Mass Stars

• When running out of fuel, low mass stars will simply collapse and die out.

Medium Mass Stars

• The main life of a medium mass stars is known as “main sequence stars”

• There are different types of main sequence stars depending on the size/mass/ temperature/ luminescence/ etc.

• Our sun is a “G” main sequence star (all other stars in the universe are compared to our sun).

Medium mass stars turn into Red GiantsHigh mass stars turn into Super Red Giants• When running out of fuel, medium and high

mass stars will expand into red giants and super red giants.

High Mass

Med Mass

Super Red GiantsFuses to make

Iron

Red Giants

Fuses to make Carbon

Death of Medium Mass Stars• When fuel is completely gone, the medium

mass stars will shrink on their own gravity.

• Red giants will turn into dwarf stars depending on the amount of energy left (red dwarf, white dwarf, brown dwarf, etc.)

Red Giant

Dwarf Stars

Death of High Mass StarsSupernovas

• Depending on the amount of mass/energy, the stars can explode.

• High Mass stars often times explode!

• This spreads all of the elements Hydrogen through Iron (which makes up our planets and other new stars) and forms all elements after Iron (up to element 92).

Super Red

Giants

Supernova

Forms elements Iron-Uranium

Blackhole• Blackholes are the result of dwarf

stars that collapse on themselves.

• The stars have run out of fuel (so no light is emitted), therefore it looks dark/black.

• But still has a lot of gravity/mass in a little spot (about the size of a small town)

Dwarf Stars

Black Hole

Exit Slip

• Look at the graph/image on the next slide:

• What is the relationship between the following variables compared to size (radius):

As mass INCREASESTemperature ______________Radius ______________Luminosity______________Lifetime ______________Abundance ______________