Download LIFE CYCLE OF STARS

December 18, 2013
 What do you know about the life of a star?
Bellwork – December 18, 2014
 What determines the life cycle and life time
of a star?
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Essential Question
 What factors determine the life stages and length of a
star’s life?
Initial Thoughts
Part I - Life Cycle of a Human: Open the bag and take out the
pictures of humans. Put them in order from youngest to
oldest.
Part II – Life Cycle of Stars: Take out the pictures of stars.
Put them in order from youngest to oldest.
Part III – Reflection: Reflect in the initial thoughts section
about how accurate you think your predictions were.
Why Humans vs Stars??
Human Life Cycle Order
LIFE CYCLE OF STARS
Essential Question: What are the
factors that affect a star’s life cycle?
Initial Thoughts: Explain how you
did in the initial thoughts activity…
LIFE CYCLE OF STARS
Flow Map:
Create a flow map that will compare the
life cycle of a medium sized start to a
large star.
Life Cycle of a Star Foldable
What Affects a Star’s Life Cycle?
How does the HR Diagram show a
star’s life cycle?
Conclusion:
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Life Cycles of Humans vs. Stars
Formation of a Protostar
All stars begin from a nebula and form a protostar.
**When did we learn about this already?**
A portion of the nebula (dust and gases) begins to shrink due
to its gravity. As the pressure and temperature increase, the
new star begins nuclear fusion. As the new star equalizes in
pressure and gravity, it becomes a star (its next stage of life).
Vocabulary:
Nebula-A diffuse mass of interstellar dust and gas.
Protostar-Very dense regions (or cores) of molecular clouds
where stars are in the process of forming.
Nebula
Protostar
Star’s Life (Main Sequence)
 For a star to “live”, it must produce
energy through fuel (made up of
elements like Hydrogen and Helium).
 A star’s energy is produced through
nuclear fusion. Once all the Hydrogen is
used, the star proceeds to its next stage.
 Stars spend about 90% of their life at
this stage.
Main Sequence Star (our Sun)
Middle Age of a Star
 When the star is completing its hydrogen fuel,
the star begins to collapse and then begins to
swell.
 The star will then begin burning helium
producing larger elements.
 The star will become much brighter than at the
previous stage.
Vocabulary:
Red Giant - A star that has run out of hydrogen
and is burning heavier elements. This star
expands as it burns.
Our Sun Compared to other Stars
A Star’s Old Age to Death
Medium Stars
 Cool at the end of the Red Giant stage faster than
larger stars, so they begin to shed its gases outside
its core forming a planetary nebula .
 The center of the small star then begins to cool to
become a white dwarf and cools more to become a
black dwarf.
Large Stars
 Larger stars are hotter than small stars but still
need more energy for the core of the star to
collapse.
 During a supernova, the star completely collapses.
Depending on the original size of the star, either a
neutron star or black hole will be created.
Sun as a red giant
The Sun as a white dwarf
A Star’s Old Age to Death
Vocabulary:
Planetary Nebula-a shell of gas discarded by a
medium star
white dwarf-A star that has exhausted most or all
of its nuclear fuel and has collapsed to a very
small size
black dwarf-A non-radiating ball of gas resulting
from a white dwarf that has radiated all its energy.
supernova -The death and explosion of a
massive star, resulting in a sharp increase in
brightness followed by a gradual fading
black hole-An object whose gravity is so strong
that not even light can escape from it.
Neutron Star-a small and highly dense star
consisting of neutrons and is the remains of a
massive star
Supernova Explosion
Medium Stars vs. Large Stars
 Review your
foldable and
look for any
items that refer
any size of star
– highlight or
underline this
with green
 Review your
foldable and
look for any
items that refer
to medium
sized stars –
highlight this
with blue
 Review your
foldable and
look for any
items that refer
to large sized
stars –
highlight this
with red
Try to organize the star pictures
Now that we have discussed the different stages of a
stars life, try to organize the pictures of the stars again.
What factors affect stars?
 What factor causes the star’s life cycle to be one path
instead of another?
 MASS of the star
 Look at the life cycle map. What size stars become
blackholes? What size become black dwarfs?
Massive stars become black holes.
Average and small stars become black dwarfs.
 What factor causes the star to live longer than another star?
 MASS of the star
http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/labs/star_life/begin_stars_real.html
 Do small stars live longer or shorter?
 SMALL stars live longer because they go through fusion
slower than large stars.
HR Diagram and Life Cycle
HR Diagram is an illustration of star size, brightness,
and star color.
How does the location of a star on the HR diagram
change as its lives the stages of its life cycle?
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/Labs/StarLife/support/H
R_animated_real.html
Conclusion
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What are the stages of a star’s life cycle?
What determines which stages a star will live?
What size star allows it to live a long life?
What stage does all stars live?
When a giant star “dies”, what would it then be?
Scale
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1
0
I am a 3 and can
apply the stages
to the HR
diagram
I can describe
all of the stages
of a star’s life
and what
factors
determine the
star’s life stages
and length of
life
I can partially
describe the
stages of a star’s
life
I understand
that the stars
have a life cycle
but I do not
understand the
order of the
stages
I don’t know
anything the
life cycle of
stars
January 5, 2012
 How does mass affect a star’s life?
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