What I Can Do Directions: Based on your understanding of this module, analyze and answer the following questions regarding element formation during star formation and synthesis of new elements in the laboratory. 1. Describe the formation of primordial elements during the early stage of stellar formation and evolution. 2. Compare and contrast the elements formed by a small star and a massive star. 3. Describe the role being played by gravitational force in the creation of new elements. 4. Discuss the pieces of evidence used by scientists to explain the formation of heavier elements during stellar formation and evolution. 5. How did the discovery of atomic number revolutionize how we view the periodic table of elements as a tool in predicting new elements? 6. Describe how elements in the laboratory are synthesized. 7. Discuss how the elements formed in the star reached distant places/galaxies? 8. How did the discovery of atomic number pave the way to the synthesis of new elements in the laboratory?