Life Cycle of a Star Mount Bethel Elementary School一个明星伯特利山小学生命周期.pptVIP

Life Cycle of a Star Waves, Atoms and Space Stage 1 Protostars Protostars Huge clouds of gas (hydrogen) in which stars are made. Many thousands of times bigger than our solar system As the clouds collapse stars are born in them Stage 2 Main sequence star Main Sequence Star E.g. Our sun Sequence lasts for about 10 000 million years Our sun is about half way through it’s main sequence Stage 3 Red Giant Red Giant As the sun runs out of hydrogen the outer layers of the sun will become cooler They will also expand massively. The Earth (along with Mercury, Venus and Mars) will be swallowed up. Stage