Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Te haerenga: Ko te kapua whetu he kohinga hau, he plasma, he puehu i roto i to tatou whetu me etahi atu whetu. Ko te kupu kē, he kapua whetū he rohe nui ake i te toharite o te taiao whetū, (ISM), te take me te hihi e noho ana i te waahi i waenga i nga punaha whetu i roto i te tupuni. I runga anō i te kiato, te rahi, me te pāmahana o tētahi kapua kua hoatu, ka taea e tōna hauwai te ū, e hanga ana i tētahi rohe H I; ionized, plasma rānei e hanga ana i tētahi rohe H II; molecular rānei, e kiia nei ko ngā kapua rāpoi ngota, i ētahi wā ko ngā kapua matotoru rānei. I ētahi wā ka kīia ngā kapua hauā me ngā kapua ionized he kapua horapa. Ko te kapua whetū e hangaia ana e te hau me ngā matūriki puehu mai i tētahi whetū whero i te mutunga o tōna oranga.  Pātai: He aha te tikanga o ngā kapua rāpoi ngota?
ngā kapua matotoru