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P16 - Solar system Flashcards

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comets

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frozen rocks that move around sun

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comets orbit

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elliptical shape
- squashed circle

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birth of a star

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-nebula becomes increasingly concentrated
- clouds merge to forma protostar
- protostar become denser so temp increases
- hot enough = nuclear fusion = brighter star

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nebula

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-clouds of dust/gas pulled together by gravity

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protostar becomes denser meaning

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particles speed up more and collide more
- transfers energy from gpe to thermal store

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hotter star =

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nuclei of H fuse
- releases energy
- gets hotter and brighter

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main sequence stars

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-radiation from H fusion in core
-main stage of life cycle

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fusion in core of main sequence star

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  • keeps it hot
  • continues fusion
  • gamma flows out steadily from core in all direction
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star is stable when

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-forces within are balanced
- equilibrium

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forces within a star

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  • gravity contracts star inwards
    -balanced by outward force of radiation from nuclear fusion
    (to expand)
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11
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when a star runs out of hydrogen nuclei to fuse

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reaches end of the main star sequence stage
-core collapses
- other layers swell out
- become red giants

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12
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red giants eg

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sun

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red giant

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  • helium and other light elements fus in core to form heavier element
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red giant - when fusion stops

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  • its own gravity = collapses in
  • as it collapses, it heats up = white dwarf
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red giant to

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yellow giant to white

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16
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white dwarf

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hot dense white star
much smaller

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17
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white dwarf then

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fades out
-goes cold to form black dwarfs

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stars bigger than the sun

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ends life after main sequence stage
- swell out and become red super giant + collapse

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red super giant collapse

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-matter in star’s ore compresses the core more and more
- supernova

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supernova

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explosion
- can outshine a galaxy for weeks

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after suprnova

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neutron star is formed
- or a black hole

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22
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when is a black hole formed

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after a supernova
-only if there’s enough mass

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23
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light elements

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from fusion in stars
-nuclear fusion

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red giant fuses

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helium and small nuclei = larger nuclei

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25
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nuclei larger than iron cannot be formed

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as that required too much energy

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26
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heavy elements come from

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supernova
- enormous force fuses small nuclei into bigger than iron nuclei
- scatters elemnts throughout univers

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debris from supernova

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has all elements
-pulled together to form new stars

28
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neutron star

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supernova compresses core into this
- very dense + made from neutrons only

29
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gravity in black hole

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so great
noting can escape
-formed only if a star is big enough

30
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earth orbits

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sun in a circular shape

31
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moon orbits

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in a circular shape

32
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orbit

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one body orbits a much bigger body always
-gravity between them

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centripetal force

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gravity on planet from centre of sun

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planets velocity

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changes by centripetal force

35
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direction of motion of a planet is

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at a right angle to the direction of the force of gravity

36
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planet in circular orbit

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-acceleration towards centre of circle from resultant force

37
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acceleration

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change of velocity per second

38
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change of velocity

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directed towards the centre
-speed doesn’t change

39
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satellites too close to earth

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lose speed
fall inwards

40
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satellites in circular orbit above earth

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moves at a constant height
stable orbit

41
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to stay in a stable orbit =

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particular speed

42
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if launch speed is too high

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satellite flies into space

43
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if launch speed is correct

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constant height
speed of orbit

44
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the further a satellite or planet is in orbit

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less speed needed to stay in circular orbit (less gravity)
- longer it takes to move around

45
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time for each complete orbit =

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circumference/ speed

46
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if speed changes in stable orbit

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radius must change (height of orbit)

47
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communications satellites

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orbit at 36 000km
-period of 24 hrs
- orbit same direction as earth’s spin (stays above same places as they move)
-geostationary

48
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monitoring satellites

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  • fitted with tv cameras
  • include weather forecasting
  • much lower in orbit
    -orbit once every 2/3 hrs
49
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wavelength of light increases from

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blue to red

50
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light waves are stretched if

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star/galaxy is moving away

51
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red shift

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wavelengths increase
-moves away

52
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blue shift

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light waves are squashed
-star moving towards
- wavelength is reduced

53
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dark spectral lines

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caused by absorption of light by specific atoms
(shows which shift is happening)

54
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bigger shift =

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the more the waves are squashed/stretched

55
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faster the star/galaxy is moving towards you

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the bigger the shift is

56
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edwin hubble

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light from distant galaxies was red shifted
- further a galaxy is from earth = bigger the red shift

57
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he found that

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distant galaxies are moving away from earth

58
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greater distance in red shift =

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greater speed of recession = greater red shift

59
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universe is

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expanding
- after exploding from small hot dense point

60
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big bang theory

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space, time, matter created from explosion of small hot dense point

61
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cosmic microwave background radiation

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EM radiation only explained by big bang theory

62
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as universe expands

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it has stretched wavelength to microwaves

63
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dark matter

A

missing mass in galaxy
-cannot be seen

64
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dark matter purpose

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-bends light
holds galaxy together
doesn’t emit EM

GCSE AQA Physics (37 decks)

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