You are in a place that is extremely hot and dense. You can't see ...

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You are in a place that is extremely hot and dense. You can't see far because your surroundings are opaque to light. Around you, nuclear fusion is converting carbon into oxygen and other elements. Where are you?
 
  A) You are inside a nuclear power plant on Earth.
  B) You are in the center of a star very much like our Sun.
  C) You are in the center of a white dwarf.
  D) You are in the early universe during the era of nucleosynthesis.
  E) You are in the center of a massive star near the end of its life.

Question 2

The luminosity of the red giant during its second trip to the upper right on the H-R diagram is less than before the helium flash expansion.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Answer to Question 1

E

Answer to Question 2

FALSE