What determines whether a particular region of an interstellar cloud can collapse and form a star?
A) temperature since higher temperatures act to prevent collapse
B) the amount of gravity pulling inward compared with gas pressure pushing outward
C) gas density, the ratio of the mass of the cloud over its volume, since density determines how gravity will act on the cloud material
D) the amount of mass in the cloud since mass determines the strength of gravity
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