Red Dwarf Stars (Stars Between 0

question 12

Multiple Choice

Red dwarf stars (stars between 0.08 and 0.5 solar masses) evolve very differently than other stars as they age because ____.

• A) they are formed from pure hydrogen
• B) they never reach the minimum temperature required to fuse carbon
• C) they never form white dwarf as remnants
• D) they are always part of a close binary system
• E) their interiors are well mixed, through strong convection

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