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Guiding Questions Worksheet – Life & Death of a Star Video

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11. How long can a very large star (20 times the Sun’s mass) live?<br />

12. How hot does a star’s core need to get to fuse helium into carbon?<br />

13. What happens to a star the size <strong>of</strong> our Sun when it uses up its hydrogen? How much life does it<br />

have left at this point?<br />

14. What is the last stage <strong>of</strong> life for a Sun-sized star after it becomes a giant?<br />

15. If a white dwarf is part <strong>of</strong> a multi-star system, what can happen to the white dwarf?<br />

16. For large stars, ten or more times the mass <strong>of</strong> the Sun, how does the star’s life end?<br />

17. How did past supernovas make the heaviest elements found on Earth?<br />

18. What two possible results can come from a supernova?

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