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What is the centre of the solar system?
the sun
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How many planets are in the solar system
eight
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name 6 things in the solar system
comets, asteroids, moons, dwarf planets, stars, planets
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how far is one light year
9.5 million kilometres
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what is relative brightness
how bright a star seems, and how close it looks because of it
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what is parallax
The idea of a star on the fixed background of other moving stars
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How did the sun appear
Nuclear Fusion. Hydrogen nuclei jammed together to form the element helium.
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how and when was the solar system created
a collapsing cloud of gas and dust, 5000 million years ago
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what is redshift
increase in wavelength from a moving away galaxy.
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wha is magnetite
particulate in rocks that aligns with the earth's magnetic field
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why is magnetite important
it shows us when are possibly where the rock was formed
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who's theory is continental drift
Alfred Wegener
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What was his theory
All continents used to be one, they drifted apart
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What was Wegener's evidence
similar fossils on different continents, they fit together like a jigsaw, similar rocks on different continents
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Why was his theory disproved
could have been bridges, animals could have swam, he was not a geologist
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what is a convection current
the magma below the earths crust cooling and solidifying, sinking then melting and rising again.
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What is seafloor spreading
the seafloor between continents moving apart due to convection currents
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Where do oceanic ridges form
on the expanding seafloor where liquid mantle fills the gap and cools
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where do tectonic plates meet
at a plate boundary
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Structure of the earth from inside to out
core (liquid iron), Outer core (liquid nickle and iron), inner core (solid nickle and iron), Crust (solid rock floating on mantle)
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What are P waves
Primary waves, move quickly through solid and liquid
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What are S waves
Secondary waves, move slowly through Solid
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What does Longitudinal mean
particles vibrate along the direction of motion (p waves)
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what does Transverse mean
particles vibrate along right angles to the direction of motion (s waves)
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Why do we know the core of the earth is liquid
only P waves can pass through it
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Define amplitude
maximum height of the wave (disturbance)
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define wavelength
distance from one maximum height to the next
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wave speed equation
speed = Distance travelled÷time taken
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what is the frequency of a wave
number of vibrations in one second
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Wave speed with frequency
wavespeed = frequency x wavelength
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wave distance equation
Distance travelled = wave speed x time of travel
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