What makes a gas cloud contract to form stars?
A) The cloud's magnetic field draws material together.
B) The dust in the cloud is pulled together by static electricity.
C) All parts of the cloud are gravitationally attracted to all other parts, collapsing the cloud.
D) Pressure from meteor collisions pushes the cloud together.
E) Uranium atoms attract lead atoms by nuclear fusion.
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Q16: A protostar is not _.
A) producing energy
B)
Q17: Protostars initially do not experience hydrogen fusion.
Q18: Because protostars are at a low temperature
Q19: What is a T Tauri star?
A) any
Q20: A star enters the main sequence when
Q22: What makes a star stop contracting?
A) Its
Q23: From what do stars form?
A) globular clusters
B)
Q24: The lifetime of a star is dependent
Q25: The Sun will leave the main sequence
Q26: If a star is in hydrostatic equilibrium
A)
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