2024 · M/J · 0625/41 | Q9

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Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, the Sun formed from an interstellar cloud of gas and became a stable star.

(c)(i)Describe and explain what happens as an interstellar cloud of gas forms a protostar.

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Describe Say what happens, in order. Reasons are not required unless the question also asks why.

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(c)(ii)Describe and explain what happens as a protostar becomes a stable star.

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Describe Say what happens, in order. Reasons are not required unless the question also asks why.

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0625/41/M/J/24Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 · May/June 2024 · Paper 4 variant 1 · Question 9