Unit 2: Star Composition Lab Portfolio

Question

4. What is a phase that our sun, a small to average sized star, will never experience?
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1 point
Red Giant
Supernova
White Dwarf
Nebula

Answer 1

The phase that our sun, a small to average-sized star, will never experience is Supernova. Supernovae typically occur in massive stars that end their lives in a dramatic explosive event. Since the sun is not massive enough, it will follow a different evolutionary path, eventually becoming a Red Giant and then a White Dwarf.