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Problem 10QQ
Choose the best answer to the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
What happens to the core of a high-mass star after it runs out of hydrogen? (a) It shrinks and heats up. (b) It shrinks and cools down. (c) Helium fusion begins right away.
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QUESTION:
Problem 10QQ
Choose the best answer to the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
What happens to the core of a high-mass star after it runs out of hydrogen? (a) It shrinks and heats up. (b) It shrinks and cools down. (c) Helium fusion begins right away.
ANSWER:
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We have to discuss what is going to happen to the core of a high mass star after it exhausted all the hydrogen.
Like every other star, a high mass star is has its origin from a nebula that the gravitational force contracts it into a protostar. As hydrogen runs out inside the core, a high-mass star responds by developing a hydrogen-fusing shell and the outer layers of the star beings to expand and it becomes a red giant.