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Once a main sequence star consumes the last of it's hydrogen, the loss of energy generation causes gravitational collapse. For stars with less than about 0.2 solar masses, they could become white dwarfs once nuclear fusion ceases. For stars above this threshold the hydrogen surrounding the helium core reaches sufficient temperature and pressure to undergo fusion, forming a hydrogen burning shell. Because of this change, the outer envelope of the star expands and decreases in temperature, turning it into a red giant. At this point the star has evolved off the main sequence and is entering the giant branch. The path the star now follows across the HR diagram, to the upper right of the main sequence, is called an evolutionary track. [See Link}

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What is an evolutionary track?

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The plural of track is tracks. For example: The train crashed as it came off the tracks.


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Yes, the noun tracks is the plural for for track.


Is tracks a verb?

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