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Spacw Flashcards

1
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How much time does it take for the earth to spin on its axis

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24 hours - 1 day

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How long does it take for the earth to orbit around the sun?

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365 days - 1year

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How long does it take for the moon to orbit the earth?

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Approximately 1 month

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What is the equation for average orbital speed?

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V = 2nr/ T. Where T is orbital period

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5
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What does the solar system contains?

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Sun, 8 planets, moons, minor planets, asteroid belt, smaller bodies like comets

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What are the names and order of planets from the sun?

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Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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What properties do the first four and last four planets have?

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First four - rocky small
Last four - large gaseous

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How does strength of gravity change with distance?

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Graviatwitonal field at the surface depends on it mass
Strength decreases as the distance from planet increases

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What is the speed of light?

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3x10^8 m/s

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Why do the planets orbit the sun?

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The sun contains most of the mass of the solar system

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In an elliptical orbit when does an object moved fastest?

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An object moves fastest in an elliptical orbit when it is closer to the sun as it needs

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12
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In what order are the moons phases?

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New moon
Waxing crescent
First quarter moon
Waxing gibbous moon
Full moon
Waning gibbous moon
Last quarter moon
Waning gibbous crescent moon

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13
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What is summer solstice

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When the northern hemisphere have their longest day and the southern hemisphere their shortest

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What is equinox

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The time in the year when day and night are approximately equal lentgh

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What is winter solstice

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When the northern hemisphere have their shortest day and the southern hemisphere their longest

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What type of star is our sun and what does it consist of ?

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Medium sized safe consisting of mainly hydrogen and helium

17
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What powers stars?

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They are powered by nuclear reactions that release energy

18
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What is an asteroid?

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Small rocky object that orbits the sun

19
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What is a comet?

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Comets are made of ice and dust and orbit the sun elliptically

20
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What is a galaxy?

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Galaxies are made of billions of stars

21
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What is the measure of astronomical distances?

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A light year

22
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How long is a light year?

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9.5 x 10^15m

23
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How is a star formed?

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From interstellar clouds of gas and dust that contain hydrogen called a nebula

24
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What comes after a nebula or interstellar cloud and how is it formed?

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A protostar is formed as a nebula collapses and increases in temperature due to its internal gravitational attraction

25
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What comes after a protostar and how is it made?

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A protostar becomes a stable star when it’s inward gravitational force Balances with its outward force caused by thermal expansion

26
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What happens after a stable star and why?

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Eventually it runs out of hydrogen. Helium fusion takes place in the core so it begins to expand into a red giant or red supergiant

27
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What happens after the red giant and why?

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A planetary nebula caused by the ejection of a red giants outer layers
This planetary nebula has a hot dense core called a white dwarf

28
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What happens after the red supergiant and why?

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Eventually they explode into a supernova which forms a nebula that contains hydrogen and heavier elements. Also it produces wither a neutron star or black hole

29
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What is the Milky Way and how big is it?

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One of many billions of galaxies that make up the universe. 100000light years wide

30
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What is redshift?

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Redshift is the increase in the observed wavelength of electromagnetic radiation emitted from receding stars and galaxies

31
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What does redshift show?

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That the universe is expanding and gives evidence for the Big Bang

32
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What is the name of the microwave radiation at all points in space?

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Cosmic microwave background radiation or (CMBR)

33
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What is the equation that comes with bubbles constant?

A

Ho = v/d

34
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What is hubbles constant?

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2.2 x 10^-18 per second

35
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What is hubbles constant in words?

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The ratio of the speed at which the galaxy is moving away from the earth to its distance from the earth

36
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What is the equation for the age of the universe?

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d/v = 1/Ho

CAIE Physics GCSE (9 decks)

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