The heating and cooling of an interstellar cloud plays an important role in regards to the cloud’s behaviour and can influence whether a cloud will collapse or not. Oxygen and hydrogen can both be present within interstellar medium yet one can contribute to the heating of the cloud while the other can contribute to the cooling of the cloud. Discuss why they can possibly have different contributions to the heating and cooling and identify which species is most likely to contribute to the heating contributions of the cloud.
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