Question

Which of the following are TRUE statements about what COULD happen to a star at the end of their life? CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY!

Question 9 options:

Stars never die. They keep glowing forever.


When stars die they fall to Earth. They are called shooting stars or meteors.

Dying stars can explode.

Dying stars get dimmer and dimmer and finally stop glowing.


A dying star can become a black hole.

A.Stars can expand and get bigger right before they die.

Answer 1

Dying stars can explode.

A dying star can become a black hole.

A dying star can expand and get bigger right before they die.

Answer 2

Option (3), (4), (5) and (6) are the correct statements

Step-by-step explanation:

A star that cannot undergo nuclear reaction is considered to be a dying star.

The characteristics of a dying star are as follow-

(a) A dying star undergoes an explosion during its last stage.

(b) A dying star becomes dimmer and stops glowing at the end because it cannot undergo nuclear reaction and its temperature eventually decreases, as a result of which its luminosity decreases.

(c) A star that has a very large solar mass (about ten times the mass of the sun) can turn into a black hole as it gets collapse or gets exploded.

(d) During the time of dying of a star, the star gets expanded and the size increases and the explosion takes place it gets collapsed.

Thus, the correct statements are options (3), (4), (5) and (6).