Where did the iron in your blood come from?
A) Nuclear reactions on the surfaces of neutron stars
B) Nuclear reactions that took place in supernova explosions
C) Nuclear reactions in the cores of low-mass stars
D) Nuclear reactions in the cores of massive stars
E) Nuclear reactions in red giant and horizontal branch stars
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Q31: Massive stars explode when they
A) accrete mass
Q32: A few hours before a high-mass star
Q33: The stellar energy is carried away primarily
Q34: The luminosity of a Type II supernova
Q35: A 4He atom has a binding energy
Q37: When the core of a massive star
Q38: The Crab Nebula is an important test
Q39: Why does the luminosity of a high-mass
Q40: During the main-sequence evolution of a massive
Q41: A neutron star in a mass-transfer binary
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