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G5, 8.5 Part 3
8.5 Part 3
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Science
5th Grade
03/07/2011

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red giant
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a star that has a low temperature and that is very large compared to the sun
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white dwarf
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a small white star that is not very bright, that has a mass close to the sun’s mass, and that is very dense
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black dwarf
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a small star that gives off very little light
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supernova
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the explosion of a large star which creates an extremely bright object that can be a billion times brighter than the sun and becomes invisible over time
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black hole
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an object created by the collapse of a star; its gravitational pull is so strong that nothing can escape it, even light
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