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36 Cards in this Set
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The classification of a supernova explosion from a white dwarf |
Type 1a |
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The energy radiated by black holes |
Hawking radiation |
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The heaviest element produced in the cores of high mass stars |
Iron
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The remnant cloud produced by a low mass star |
Planetary nebula
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A bound group of stars |
Star cluster
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High mass stars are ____ compared to 8 solar masses |
Greater than
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What supports a white dwarf from collapsing further |
Electron degeneracy pressure
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The brief fusion event of hydrogen from a white dwarf that is less than it's mass limit |
Nova
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Mass distorts ____ |
Spacetime
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The area on the H-R diagram that high mass stars traverse as they cool and expand or contract and heat up |
Instability strip
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The explosion from a high mass star |
Supernova |
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The maximum mass of a white dwarf |
Chandrasekhar limit
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A potential final stage of evolution for a high mass star |
Neutron star
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____ carries the majority of energy away in a supernova |
Neutrinos
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A high mass variable star |
Cepheid
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____ dictates how long a star will live |
Mass
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Low mass stars are ____ compared to 8 solar masses |
Less than |
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Where you will find stars after the helium flash on the H-R diagram |
Horizontal branch |
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The remaining cloud produced after a high mass star dies |
Supernova remnant
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The wavelength increase of light leaving a high mass object |
Gravitational redshift
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The bending of light by gravity |
Gravitational lensing
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The means of fusing helium into carbon |
Triple-alpha process
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Where you will find very large red stars on the H-R diagram |
Red Giant Branch |
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What a star is called before it begins fusion of hydrogen |
Protostar
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Where you look to age a cluster of stars |
Main-sequence turn off
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The distance at which the escape velocity is the speed of light |
Schwarzschild radius
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The stage of evolution before a planetary nebula is formed for low mass stars |
Asymptotic Giant Branch
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Classification of a core collapse supernova with hydrogen |
Type II
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What you call a star that dumps material onto its companion |
Evolving star
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The point of no return entering a black hole |
Event horizon
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Where all stars live out most of their lives on the H-R diagram |
Main sequence
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A low mass variable star |
RR Lyrae |
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Potential final stage of evolution for a high mass star |
Black hole |
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The final stage of evolution for a low mass star |
White dwarf
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A low mass star begins to fuse helium and produces ____ |
Helium flash
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The fusion method of high mass main-sequence stars |
CNO-cycle |
