How Does the H-R Diagram of an Open Cluster Show

question 24

Essay

How does the H-R diagram of an open cluster show that its age is very young? Provide a sketch of an H-R diagram for an open cluster.

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Definitions:

Distilled Water

Water that has been boiled into vapor and condensed back into liquid in a separate container, removing impurities and contaminants.

Starch

Storage polysaccharide found in plants that is composed of glucose molecules joined in a linear fashion with few side chains.

Facilitated Transport

Passive transfer of a substance into or out of a cell along a concentration gradient by a process that requires a protein carrier.

Carrier Proteins

Proteins that facilitate the transport of specific substances across a cell membrane by changing shape.