• Learning Target: I can explain the different
types of star clusters and how different
sized stars end their lives.
• Kick off: What is a T-tauri star?
Vocabulary:
1. black dwarf
2. helium fusion pg. 495
3. helium Flash pg. 496
• Star clusters and end of star life notes
• Video Life and Death of stars
Feb 19 Agenda
Quiz Feb 19
1. A sun-like star will end its life as a
______________.
2. A glowing region of gases around a small
dense star is called a___________
3. Helium fuses to eventually form
_________________in stars like the sun.
4. A runaway condition where the
temperature in the core increases rapidly
and nuclear reaction increases in a
matter of hours as the core expands is
called
5. A group of stars all coming from the same
parent cloud are called
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
White dwarf
Planetary nebula
Carbon
Helium flash
Star clusters
Feb 14 Agenda