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Edexcel GCSE Astronomy

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By: Sophia Spooner
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Decks in this class (16)

Topic 1 - Planet Earth
How thick is the crust,
What is the crust made of,
How thick is the mantle
9  cards
Topic 2 - The lunar disc
What are terrae,
How were terrae formed,
How were the lunar mountains formed
18  cards
Topic 3 - The Earth-Moon-Sun systems
What is the distance between the ...,
What is the distance between the ...,
How did
21  cards
Topic 4 - Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
What is mst,
What causes the variation in eot,
How long is a sidereal month
11  cards
Topic 5 - Solar System observation
Why does the sun follow an annual...,
Why does the motion of the planet...,
What is the first point of aries
9  cards
Topic 6 - Celestial observation
What are the three brightest star...,
What are the three brightest star...,
What are the three brightest star...
11  cards
Topic 7 - Early models of the Solar System
What is a parsec
1  cards
Topic 8 - Planetary motion and gravity
How did brahe contribute to the t...,
How did copernicus contribute to ...,
What did kepler discover
7  cards
Topic 9 - Exploring the Moon
Name three differences between th...,
When and how was the far side fir...,
What has to happen for a rocket t...
20  cards
Topic 10 - Solar Astronomy
Name three methods to view the su...,
List the divisions of the sun in ...,
How hot is the sun s core
22  cards
Topic 11 - Exploring the Solar System
What is the nucleus of a comet,
What is the coma of a comet,
What are the tails of a comet
38  cards
Topic 12 - Formation of planetary systems
What is gravitational attraction,
What are some effects of tidal gr...,
What do we know about planetary r...
24  cards
Topic 13 - Exploring Starlight
What information can be obtained ...,
What is the relationship between ...,
What is a parsec
8  cards
Topic 14 - Stellar evolution
How many objects are in the messi...,
What type of objects are in the m...,
What is special about the objects...
10  cards
Topic 15 - Our place in the galaxy
How does the milky way appear whe...,
What is the radius of our galaxy,
How far is the sun from the centr...
20  cards
Topic 16 - Cosmology
Name evidence for the big bang,
Name the three possible futures o...
2  cards

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