Answer:
In what way is iron unique among the elements?
It has the lowest mass per nuclear particle.
Match words at the left to the correct blanks in the sentences on the right. Not all words will be used.
-The energy that drives the expansion of a star into a subgiant or red giant comes from HYDROGEN SHELL FUSION
-Stars with mass greater than about 8 solar masses are considered HIGH-MASS STARS
-The final stage of core fusion in a low-mass star is HELIUM FUSION
-Stars that are fusing hydrogen in their cores are MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS
-When it dies, a high-mass star explodes as a SUPERNOVA
-A star that is expanding (into a subgiant and then a giant) has a(n) INERT HELIUM CORE
-When it dies, a low-mass star expels a PLANETARY NEBULA
-Stars with masses less than about two solar masses are considered LOW-MASS STARS
