Life Cycles of Stars (Grades 9-12) - Page 14
Solutions
Hey, Low Mass Star...This is Your Life!
If done to scale, the red giant light globe would be over 5 meters in diameter!
Model a Black Hole
The heavy object representing the black hole will distort the latex surface (representing spacetime) and cause the small objects on the surface to be pulled in toward it... but not if you are too far away. A heavier ball bearing, however, would affect beads further out in the latex sheet...just as a more massive black hole creates a larger distortion in spacetime, thus affecting objects further away.
These Stars are Classified
Note that when it goes off this graph on the left side, it actually goes out to about T ~ 100,000 K or higher before turning and heading steadily down to the white dwarf stage.
- (a) black hole; (b) neutron star; (c) black dwarf
