Star Clusters Are Important to Our Study of the Lives

question 25

Multiple Choice

Star clusters are important to our study of the lives of high-mass versus low-mass stars because

• A)stars in each cluster all formed at about the same time all with the same mass.
• B)the Sun was once a member of a globular cluster.
• C)stars in each cluster all formed at about the same time but with differing masses.
• D)stars in each cluster all formed at different times with differing masses.
• E)All of the other choices are correct.

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