Physics P8 (Space Physics)

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What is in our solar system?
1 star, the Sun, 8 planets, dwarf planets, natural satellites, the moons that orbit planets
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What is our solar system a small part of?
the milky way galaxy
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How was the sun formed?
from a cloud of dust and gas (nebula) pulled together by gravitational attraction
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What reactions has lead to an euqilibrium between the gravitational collapse and expansion of a star?
fusion reactions
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What is the life cycle of a star determined by?
the size of the star
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what is the life cycle of a star the same size (or smaller) than the sun?
nebula, protostar, main sequence star, red giant, white dwarf, black dwarf
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what is the life cycle of a star bigger than the sun?
nebula, protostar, main sequence star, red super giant, supernova, neutron star or black hole
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what in stars produces all of the naturally occurring elements?
fusion processes
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what elements are produced in a supernova?
elements heavier than IRON
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what is a supernova?
an explosion of a massive star
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What elements in a star fuse together and what element does this form?
2 hydrogen atoms form 1 helium atom
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in terms of orbits, what does gravity provide?
the force that allows planets and satellites to maintain their circular orbits
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in circular orbits, what can the force of gravity lead to?
a change in velocity
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what doesn't change?
speed
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Why does velocity change but speed doesn't?
velocity has a direction (vector) and speed doesn't (scalar).
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do planets have a faster speed or slower speed if they are further away from the sun?
slower speed
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Why?
The gravitational pull is weaker
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if the speed changes, what else must change?
the radius
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from the most distant galaxies, what is there an observed increase in?
the wavelength of light
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if the galaxies are further away, what is their speed and wavelength like?
the faster they are moving and the bigger observed increase in wavelength
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What is this effect called?
Red-shift
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What does red-shift provide evidence for?
that space itself is expanding and supports the Big Bang Theory
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What does the Big Bang Theory suggest?
that the universe began from a very small region that was extremely hot and dense
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What is red-shift?
the expansion stretches out light waves further left of the electromagnetic spectrum
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What is blue-shift?
an object moving towards us pushes light waves closer together further right of the electromagnetic spectrum
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