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Astronomy GCSE

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By: Owen Lawton
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Decks in this class (14)

Unit 1 Earth
Earth s shape,
Equator,
Tropics
38  cards
Unit 1 Moon
Diameter,
Distance from earth,
Rotational period
14  cards
Unit 1 Sun
Sun s diameter,
Corona,
Chromosphere
30  cards
Unit 2 Our Solar System
Name the 8 planets in order,
Name the four terrestrial planets,
Name the four
49  cards
Unit 2 Comets and Meteors
What is a comet,
What are the two tails of a comet,
What are the two categories of comet
22  cards
Unit 2 Solar System Discoveries
Who was copernicus,
What was copernicus trying to exp...,
Who was tycho brahe
14  cards
Unit 2 Exoplanets
When was the first exoplanet disc...,
Which three methods can be used t...,
What can current methods of detec...
10  cards
Unit 3 Constellations
What is a constellation,
What is an asterism,
Describe the appearance of a nebu...
8  cards
Unit 3 Observing the Night Sky
What is right ascension,
What is declination,
How wide is the zodiacal band
15  cards
Unit 3 Physical Properties of Stars
What is an optical double star,
What is a binary star system,
True or false the stars in a clus...
21  cards
Unit 3 Evolution of Stars
How are stars formed,
What is an emission nebula,
What is a protostar
16  cards
Unit 4 Our Galaxy - The Milky Way
What is a galaxy,
What is the name of our galaxy,
What are we looking at when we vi...
8  cards
Unit 4 Galaxies
How did edwin hubble classify gal...,
How did hubble use numbers or let...,
What is hubbles tuning fork
17  cards
Unit 4 Cosmology
What is cosmology,
What did hubble discover the univ...,
How did hubble work out that the ...
19  cards

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