Red dwarf stars (stars between 0.08 and 0.5 solar masses) evolve very differently than other stars as they age because ____.
A) they are formed from pure hydrogen
B) they never reach the minimum temperature required to fuse carbon
C) they never form white dwarf as remnants
D) they are always part of a close binary system
E) their interiors are well mixed, through strong convection
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Q4: Stars larger than about 1.4 solar masses
Q5: A white dwarf generates energy through fusion.
Q6: Although neutrino emission is used to detect
Q7: All type I supernovae are caused by
Q8: Supernovae can trigger star formation.
Q10: Almost all stars are in binary systems.
Q11: Supernovae are triggered because iron releases the
Q12: Supernovae have little effect on the development
Q13: All stars ignite helium fusion as part
Q14: The first steps of evolution off the
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