1. By: Daryien Golden and Laura Karabasz

2. Discuss the factors that compete against gravity in the process of star formation.

3. The effect of heat is much stronger than the effect of gravity Combined gravity is insufficient to bind stars into a lasting, distinct clump of matter Motions of a few atoms within an interstellar cloud.

4. Competes with gravity's inward pull Material towards outside edge tends to fly out into space Extended disk of matter forms around the edge of the cloud rapidly rotating gas cloud

5. Hinder a cloud's contraction The particles tend to become "tied" to the magnetic field--free to move along the field lines but inhibited from moving perpendicular to them. Interstellar clouds may contract in distorted ways evolution of a slowly contracting interstellar cloud

6. Astronomy textbook "Chapter 19." Chapter 19. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.