8cStellar evolution

Syllabus objectives

• 8.7understand how stars can be classified according to their colour
• 8.8know that a star’s colour is related to its surface temperature
• 8.9describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages: • nebula • star (main sequence) • red giant • white dwarf
• 8.10describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun
• 8.11understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitudeSeparate Physics only
• 8.12draw the main components of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (HR diagram)Separate Physics only