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Give three reasons why geologists didn’t accept Wagner’s theory.

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Any three from: he wasn’t a geologist, supporting evidence was limited, it could be explained more simply, the movement of continents wasn’t detectable.

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What provides the heat in the Earth’s core?

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The decay of radioactive elements

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What evidence do scientists study to obtain information about the Earth’s age?

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Fossils of plants and animals, and radioactivity of rocks

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What type of wave, generated by an earthquake, travels through the liquid outer core of the Earth?

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P-waves

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In plate movement, old rock is destroyed by which process? (HT)

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Subduction

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What two factors produce rock stripes of alternating polarity? (HT)

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Deep-floor spreading and the changing polarity of the Earth’s magnetic field every million year.

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What type of wave is a sound wave?

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Longitudinal

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A water wave has a frequency of 5 hertz and a wavelength of 0.1m. What is the speed of the wave?

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0.5m/s

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What is a student describing if they tell you the number of waves produced each second?

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Frequency

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A station broadcasts signals at a frequency of 30MHz. If the speed of light is 3 x 10 {8} m/s, what is the wavelength? (HT)

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10m

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What is the difference between moons and asteroids?

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Moons orbit planes; asteroids orbit the Sun

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What two methods are used to measure the distance of stars?

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Relative brightness and parallax

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How is the wavelength of light changed if the source of light is moving away?

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The wavelength increases (red shift)

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Why is it hard to predict the fate of the Universe?

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The amount of mass in the Universe is hard to measure

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How do spectra give evidence for red shift? (HT)

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They’re displaced towards the red end of the spectrum

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What is the relationship between the distance of galaxies and the speed at which they’re moving away? (HT)

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They’re proportional to one another

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17
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Which proton transfers the most energy: infrared or ultraviolet?

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Ultraviolet

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18
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Name 3 ionising radiations.

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Ultraviolet radiation; gamma; x rays

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Give 2 ways in which radiation can damage cells.

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Any 2 from: the heating effect (sunburn); it can cause ageing of the skin; it can cause mutations; it can cause radiation poisoning

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What is the ozone layer?

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A thin layer of gas in the Earth’s upper atmosphere that absorbs some of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation

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How does the radiation emitted by the Earth compare with that emitted by the Sun? (HT)

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The radiation from the Earth has a lower principal frequency

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Give 3 reasons why the intensity of a beam of photons decreases the distance.

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Some photons are scattered and reflected by other particles; some photons are absorbed by particles; photons spread out as they travel

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What change in the Earth’s atmosphere causes global warming?

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An increase in the percentage of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere

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Why is optic fibre useful when sending infrared and light radiation?

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They can travel huge distances without becoming significantly

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25
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What is noise?

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Unwanted frequencies in a signal (random variations)

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26
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How is an analogue signal different from a digital one?

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Analogue signals can have any value; digital signals only have two (‘1’ or ‘0’)

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Why doesn’t noise affect digital signals? (HT)

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Even with noise, it’s clear which parts of the signal represent 1 and 0, so it can be regenerated without noise

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How is data, collected about the Earth’s changing temperature, used? (HT)

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It is used with climate models to look for patterns in the possible causes of global warming

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Why is electricity distributed through National Grid at high voltage?

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To reduce the energy losses

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Name five primary energy sources used to generate electricity.

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Any five from: coal; gas;oil; nuclear; wind; water (hydroelectric, tidal, wave); solar; biofuel

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The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. What to problems does this contribute to?

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Global warming; climate change

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32
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How is a voltage induced between the ends of a coil?

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By rotating a magnet near the coil

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33
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What are the three forms of energy that are involved in a hydroelectric power station?

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Potential energy; kinetic energy; electrical energy

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34
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How much energy is transferred by a 60W lamp in 3 seconds?

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180J

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35
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How efficient is an electric motor that uses 400J/s to give 100J/s of useful energy?

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25%

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36
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An electric fire was left on for 30 minutes and the total energy transferred was 1.5kWh. What is the power rating of the fire? (HT)

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3kW

37
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A student plots a speed-time graph. The graph gives a horizontal straight line. What does that tell you about the acceleration?

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It was zero - the speed was constant

38
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A man walks North at 2m/s for 10 seconds, then rests for another 20s. What is his displacement? (HT)

A

20m North

39
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With a rocket, the engine pushes gas backwards. What is the name of that force?

A

Action

40
Q

A force of 12N acts on a truck for two seconds. What is the change in momentium?

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24kg m/s

41
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Give 3 examples of safety devices used in cars.

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Crumple zone; seat belt; air bag

42
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A cyclist of mass 60kg is moving at a speed of 4m/s. How much kinetic energy does the cyclist have?

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1/2 (half) x 60 x 4{2} = 480J

43
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A person weighing 800N gains 16,000J of gravitational potential energy as they’re carried up in a lift. How high did they go? (HT)

A

20m

44
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A person has 800J of kinetic energy. If they have a mass of 100kg, how fast are they travelling? (HT)

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4m/s

45
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If a Perspex rod is rubbed with a cloth, it loses electrons. What charge will the rod now have?

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Positive

46
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If a battery of 12V is connected across a bulb and a current of 3A flows through it, what is the resistance of the bulb?

A

4 omega sign thing

47
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How could the relationship between the current and voltage across a component be described if the resistance is constant?

A

They’re proportional

48
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A 12V batery is connected across a resistor of resistance 24(omega sign thing). What current flows? (HT)

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0.5A

49
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Why does a component heat up when a current flows? (HT)

A

There are more collisions between the flowing electrons and the vibrating ions, giving a higher resistance. This leads to more heat being produced by the resistor

50
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What principle do generators use to generate electricity?

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The principle of electromagnetic induction

51
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What is the power of a 12V lamp in a circuit where a 0.5A current flows?

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6W

52
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In a transformer, what induces a voltage across the secondary coil?

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A changing magnetic field

53
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A transformer has a primary coil of 200 turns. If the transformer changes 12V to 240V, how many turns must be on the secondary coil? (HT)

A

4000 turns

54
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A 60W light bulb has a 240V power supply connected across it. What current flows? (HT)

A

0.25A

55
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What particles are found in the nucleus?

A

Protons and neutrons

56
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Name the three types of ionising radiation.

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Alpha;Beta;Gamma

57
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What is the type of radiation that passes through paper but is stopped by 3mm of aluminium?

A

Beta

58
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Give 2 sources of background radiation.

A

Any two from: radon gas; medical; food; cosmic rays; gamma rays; nuclear industry

59
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What is meant by the term ‘half-life’?

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The time it takes for the radioactivity to halve

60
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Describe an alpha particle? (HT)

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An alpha particle is a helium nucleus and consists of 2 protons and two neutrons

61
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A radioactive source has an activity of 288 counts per minute and a half-life of 6 hours. What will the activity be after 24 hours? (HT)

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18 counts per minute

62
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If a radioactive nucleus emits a beta particle, how does the nucleus change? (HT)

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It has one more proton and one less neutron than the original nucleus

63
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How is intermediate-level waste stored?

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It is mixed with concrete and stored in big containers

64
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What particles were used to bombard the gold foil in the Rutherford-Geigar-Marsden experiment?

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Alpha particles

65
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What conclusion was made about the nucleus from the Rutherford-Geigar-Marsden experiment?

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Gold atoms (and therefore all atoms) consisted of mainly empty space with a small, dense core called the nucleus. The charge on the nucleus was positive.

66
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What element is used in control rods in a nuclear reactor? (HT)

A

Boron

67
Q

What elements can be used in a nuclear power station fuel rod? (HT)

A

Uranium or plutonium

68
Q

What makes the stars appear to move from east to west?

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The rotation of the Earth from west to east

69
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What two angles describe the positions of a star?

A

The angles of declination and right ascension

70
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What is a lunar eclipse?

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When the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow onto the moon

71
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What is a sidereal day? (HT)

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The time taken for the Earth to rotate 360 degrees on its axis

72
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Why don’t eclipses occur every month? (HT)

A

The Moon doesn’t orbit the Earth in the same plane as the Earth orbits the Sun

73
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What changes when waves cross the boundary between one medium and another and are refracted?

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The speed of the wave and the wavelength

74
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What is the power of a lens with a focal length of 0.2m?

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power = 1 / 0.2 = 5 dioptres

75
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Why is a mirror usually used in an astronomical telescope?

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It can be made larger than a lens and therefore gathers more light. This gives greater detail in the image

76
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A refracting telescope has a magnification of x3. If the focal length of the objective lens is 0.6m, what is the focal length of the eyepiece? (HT)

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0.2m

77
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What 2 things does the observed intensity of a star depend on?

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Luminosity and the distance from the Earth

78
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What does the brightness of a Cepheid variable depend on?

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The frequency/period of the pulses

79
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What did Shapley believe about the Universe?

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That the universe contained only one big galaxy

80
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What did Edwin Hubble discover about the Universe by observing Cepheid variable stars in distant galaxies?

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That the universe is expanding

81
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A nearby galaxy is 0.88Mpc from Earth. If the Hubble constant is 70kn s{-1} Mpc{-1}, what is the speed of recession? (HT)

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distance x hubble constant = speed of recession

  1. 88Mpc x 70km s{-1} Mpc {-1} = speed of recession
  2. 6km/s = speed of recession
82
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How can Cepheid variables be used to estimate the star’s luminosity? (HT)

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By measuring the frequency of the pulses

83
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What two things does the pressure of a gas depend on?

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The number of collisions per second betewen the particles and the walls of the container; the momentum of the particles.

84
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What is the value of absolute zero?

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-273 degrees celsius

85
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How is energy transferred from the core of a star to the photosphere?

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By convection and photons of radiation

86
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What information can be obtained by examining the Sun’s spectrum?

A

The elements present in the SUn

87
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What element is mainly present in the core of a star that becomes a supernova?

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Iron

88
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In the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, what two types of star don’t appear in the main sequence?

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White dwarfs and red giants (accept red supergiants

89
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The speed of light 3 x 10{8}m/s. How much mass must a star lose to radiate 1.8 x 10{17} joules of energy? (HT)

A

2kg

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