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1
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Which Wavelengths can we see?

A

400nm - 700nm.

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How is Light Made?

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Movement of electrons - photons with more energy emitted.

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What Colour are the Hottest Things?

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Blue.

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Why does Colour Change with Temperature?

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Hotter an object is, the more luminous it is - L = AoT^4.

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How are Planets Formed?

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Disc of crumbling star material gradually forms planets.

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What is Inwards of the Snow Line?

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Refractory material.

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How do we Study the Earth’s Interior?

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Seismic waves bouncing off transitions between different materials, densities and temperatures.

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What is the Structure of Earth’s Core?

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Inner core (solid), outer core (liquid), stiff mantle.

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Why is the Earth’s Core Solid?

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Increased pressure = higher melting points.

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10
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What is the Purpose of the Magnetic Field?

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Protects against solar wind.

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Which 2 Factors Changed our Atmosphere?

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Outgassing and bombardment of meteorites/comets.

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How does the Greenhouse Effect Occur?

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Sun’s radiation heats the surface, gases in atmosphere absorb infrared light (heat energy re-radiated as infrared radiation).

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What are the Human Effects on the Atmosphere?

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Greenhouse effect, destruction of the ozone layer (absorbs UV).

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How does the Moon Rotate?

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Rotates on its axis at the same rate as it orbits the Earth.

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Why does Mercury have a 3:2 Resonance?

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Differential gravity field creates asymmetry and extra mass in one direction (higher force due to gravity will act on this bulge).

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How do we know about the Solar System’s Formation?

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We have a record of impacts (craters).

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17
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What are the 3 Main Properties of Mercury?

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It is the densest, oldest and most massive of the inner planets.

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18
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Why is Venus Inhospitable?

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It has too much greenhouse effect.

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What happened to the Water on Venus?

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It evaporated due to runaway greenhouse effect.

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What are the 4 Pieces of Evidence for Water on Mars?

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Outflow channels from floods, splash craters, gullies from debris flow, central channel in valley suggests long-term flowing water.

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What is the Structure of Jupiter?

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Core, metallic hydrogen, molecular hydrogen.

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What are the 4 Galilean Moons?

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Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto.

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Why are there Gaps in Saturn’s Rings?

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Orbital resonances with Saturn’s moons - gravity of moons impact orbits of ring systems.

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Why is there a Euche Gap?

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Pan collects material from Saturn’s rings.

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25
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Why does Uranus have such an Extreme Tilt?

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Something really big hit it.

26
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Why is there a Limit to the Closeness of Inner Moons around Planets?

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The Roche limit.

27
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What are the 4 Requirements for a Dwarf Planet?

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Orbits the Sun, sufficient mass for round shape, not cleared neighbourhood around its orbit, not a satellite of another planet.

28
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What are the 5 Main Dwarf Planets?

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Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris.

29
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What is Differentiation in Asteroids, Comets and Meteors?

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Dense material sinks, light material floats.

30
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What are the 4 Techniques for Detecting Extra Solar Planets?

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Transits, radial velocity, micro-lensing, direct lensing.

31
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How do we Use Transit to Detect Extra Solar Planets?

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Plot brightness vs time, every so often the star becomes dimmer as a planet passes in front of it.

32
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How do we Use Radial Velocity to Detect Extra Solar Planets?

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Planet orbiting star shifts it ever so slightly backwards and forwards leading to absorption lines.

33
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How do we Use Micro-Lensing to Detect Extra Solar Planets?

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Two stars line up exactly and the star in the foreground appears brighter (there is a bump in the data if a planet is involved).

34
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Which Star is the Planet Orbiting in Micro-Lensing?

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Planets are orbiting around foreground star.

35
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How do we Use Direct Imaging to Detect Extra Solar Planets?

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Block out light of the star, allowing us to photograph the planet itself.

36
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What Range does a Planet’s Radius have to be for it to be Habitable?

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0.8 - 2.5K.

37
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Why can’t a Planet’s Radius be too Small?

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Too small for an atmosphere.

38
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Why can’t a Planet’s Radius be too Large?

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It will become a gas giant.

39
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Which Model did Eudoxus Propose?

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27 spheres.

40
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Which Model did Aristotle Propose?

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55 spheres in the heavens, imperfect earth at the centre.

41
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Which Model did Aristarcus Propose?

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Ordered the planets, said stars were suns (ideas rejected).

42
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Why did the Greeks think Earth was Stationary?

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Not part of the ‘Heavens’, little change in Heavens but much change on Earth, our senses.

43
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What did Galileo Achieve?

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Changed ‘faith-based’ science to ‘observation-based’ science, found evidence for Copernicus’ model of the Universe.

44
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What were Galileo’s 5 Major Discoveries?

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Galilean moons of Jupiter, rings of saturn, craters of the moon, sun spots, phases of Venus.

45
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What were Tycho-Brahe’s Achievements?

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Measured planets, said sun going around Earth, but all other planets going around Sun.

46
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What is Important to Remember about Circular Motion?

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It needs a force.

47
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How are Tides Formed?

A

Moon pulls on liquids to give high tides when moon is close. Combined with Sun gives even higher tides.

48
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What does Special Relativity say about the Speed of Light?

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It is the same for all observers no matter how they’re moving.

49
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Why can’t we Travel Faster than the Speed of Light?

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We get too heavy - E = mc^2.

50
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Why does Light Bend?

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Light travels along the curved space taking the shortest path between 2 points - stronger gravity = greater bend in the light path.

51
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How do we Measure Distance to the Sun?

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Transit of Venus.

52
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How do we Measure Size of the Sun?

A

Angular size and distance.

53
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How do we Measure Mass of the Sun?

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Kepler’s Law and Newton.

54
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How do we Measure Density of the Sun?

A

Mass/volume.

55
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How do we Measure Surface Temperature of the Sun?

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Measure energy arriving at Earth and use Boltzmann’s Law.

56
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How are Sunspots Formed?

A

Convections are suppressed.

57
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How are Prominences Formed?

A

Trapped gas in magnetic field lines.

58
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How are Flares Formed?

A

Twisted magnetic field lines snap.

59
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How Long is a Sunspot Cycle?

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11 years.

60
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What is Important to Remember about the Sun’s Core?

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It rotates 4x faster than the surface.

61
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How is Nuclear Fusion the Energy Source of the Sun?

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Nuclei able to get close enough for strong nuclear forces to act - nuclei fuse and energy released.

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