REVISION NOTES
IGCSE Edexcel Physics
8.2 Stellar Evolution
8.2.1 Understand how stars can be classified according to their colour
8.2.2 Know that a star’s colour is related to its surface temperature
8.2.3 Describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages:
- nebula
- star (main sequence)
- red giant
- white dwarf
8.2.4 Describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun
8.2.5P Understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitude
8.2.6P Draw the main components of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (HR diagram)
