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The student wants to explain what a quenched galaxy is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal? Notes: - Stars form in a galaxy when gravity causes a massive cloud of dust and gas to collapse. - A galaxy in a phase of rapid star formation is called a starburst galaxy. - Quenching is a process in which a galaxy loses star-forming gas. - A galaxy that no longer forms stars is called a quenched galaxy. - A quenched galaxy has entered the poststarburst phase.
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- 1A starburst galaxy will lose star-forming gas and eventually become quenched.
- 2Having entered the poststarburst phase, a quenched galaxy is one that no longer forms stars.✓
- 3When it becomes quenched, a starburst galaxy enters the poststarburst phase.
- 4Before quenching, a starburst galaxy will form stars at a rapid rate.
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Having entered the poststarburst phase, a quenched galaxy is one that no longer forms stars.
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