(c) Stellar evolution

Understand how stars can be classified according to their colour

Know that a star’s colour is related to its surface temperature

Describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages:

• nebula
• star (main sequence)
• red giant
• white dwarf

Describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun

Understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitude

Draw the main components of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (HR diagram)