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Astronomy GCSE

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Decks in this class (14)

Unit 1 Earth
Earth s shape 1,
Equator 2,
Tropics 3
38  cards
Unit 1 Moon
Diameter 1,
Distance from earth 2,
Rotational period 3
14  cards
Unit 1 Sun
Sun s diameter 1,
Corona 2,
Chromosphere 3
30  cards
Unit 2 Our Solar System
Name the 8 planets in order 1,
Name the four terrestrial planets 2,
Name the four gas giants 3
49  cards
Unit 2 Comets and Meteors
What is a comet 1,
What are the two tails of a comet 2,
What are the two categories of co...
22  cards
Unit 2 Solar System Discoveries
Who was copernicus 1,
What was copernicus trying to exp...,
Who was tycho brahe 3
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 1,
What is an asterism 2,
Describe the appearance of a nebu...
8  cards
Unit 3 Observing the Night Sky
What is right ascension 1,
What is declination 2,
How wide is the zodiacal band 3
15  cards
Unit 3 Physical Properties of Stars
What is an optical double star 1,
What is a binary star system 2,
True or false the stars in a clus...
21  cards
Unit 3 Evolution of Stars
How are stars formed 1,
What is an emission nebula 2,
What is a protostar 3
16  cards
Unit 4 Our Galaxy - The Milky Way
What is a galaxy 1,
What is the name of our galaxy 2,
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 hubble s tuning fork 3
17  cards
Unit 4 Cosmology
What is cosmology 1,
What did hubble discover the univ...,
How did hubble work out that the ...
19  cards

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