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Concept Map for Star Formation

•accretion disk•bipolar jet •birth line•cloud-cloud collision•cocoon•cold gas•disturbance•dust grains•fragmentation•free fall contraction•interstellar cloud •main sequence•nearby hot stars•protostar•protostellar disk•shock wave•T Tauri star•supernova explosion

shock wave

free-fall contraction

protostar

cocoon

birth line

protostellar disk

T Tauri star

bi-polar jet

supernova explosion

cloud-cloud collision

nearbyhot stars

galaxydisturbance

compresses an

leading to

inside a

inside a

arriving at the

ejecting a

Interstellar Cloud

accretion disk

main sequence

cold gas

dust grains

fragmentation

contains

forming a

forming a

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A105 - Concept Map for Star Formation

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•accretion disk•bipolar jet •birth line•cloud-cloud collision•cocoon•cold gas•disturbance•dust grains•fragmentation•free fall contraction•interstellar cloud •main sequence•nearby hot stars•protostar•protostellar disk•shock wave•T Tauri star•supernova explosion

compresses an

leading to

inside a

inside a

to arrive at the

ejecting a

contains

forming a

forming a

inside an

passes the