Star Life Cycle
Star Life Cycle Name:
1. Same this document with your name, period and SL (stands for Star Life) in the title.
- Example Ms.Barge Ast1SL.doc
2. Go through the Star Life Web site, using this document to record answers to quizzes and animations you participate in. When you see the pencil icon, you should write something at that point.
Protostars & Nebulae
View the animation and read the web page, then describe the process that allows a star to form. Include the possible outcomes (options) of a prostar
Stars - Main Sequence
Page 1 - Mass
After doing the Interactive Lab, choose Display Results. Copy & paste those results from the Beginning of the Star Life Cycle activity to this part of this document.
Copy and paste your hypotheses regarding the length of star life. Make sure it includes your explanation.
Page 2 – Equilibrium
After going through the first part and doing the Interactive Lab, take the practice quiz and record how many of the 8 questions you got correct.
Finish reading the page, then take the Star Quiz (part 1). How did you do on it?
Page 3 – The Beginning of the End
Read through this page and do the Interactive Lab, then take the Star Quiz (part 2).
Page 4 – The End of a Star
Go through this page and its interactives to find out what happens to different size stars. After the last interactive, choose Display Results, and then copy and paste those answers to this part of this document.
H-R Diagram
Page 1
Read through this page and do the interactive to learn more about the H-R diagram.
Page 2 – Applications of the H-R diagram.
Do the interactive and then copy and paste your results from the HR Diagram Applications activity.
Page 3 – Interactive H-R diagrams
Go through this page and the interactives to see how stars are found in different parts of the H-R diagram during different parts of their life cycle.
When you are done with this web site, save this document to your server space. It might be easiest to do a Save As to this location. Make sure your document’s name follows the convention Ms.Barge Ast1SL.doc mentioned at the top of this document. Then upload it to our Astronomy moodle page.