Answer:
lack a significant disk component, although both types have the halo component.
Step-by-step explanation:
- The absence of the disk components in the elliptical galaxies is a major difference that occurs in the spiral and the elliptical as the elliptical galaxies lacks disk components they would not have an active star formation taking place.
- As the halo does not have that star formation properties and are small in nature and thus have much older stars than in spiral galaxies.