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Rank the stars below based the abundance of elements heavier than carbon that yo

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Question

Rank the stars below based the abundance of elements heavier than carbon that you would expect to find at the surfaces of each of the stars, from highest to lowest. If two stars have the same abundance, list the higher luminosity star first. If star A is highest, B is second, etc. then enter ABCD.

A) A yellow main-sequence star in the Pleiades open cluster.
B) A red giant in the globular cluster M13.
C) A red main-sequence star in the globular cluster M13.
D) A hot, blue main-sequence star in the Pleiades open cluster.

Explanation / Answer

B) Red Giant in globular cluster M13

C) red main-sequence star in globular cluster M13

D) A hot, blue main-sequence star in the Pleiades open cluster

A) A yellow main-sequence star in the Pleiades open cluster