the universe

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9999999 Science (term 4) Flashcards on the universe, created by CC <3 on 13/10/2013.
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Flashcards by CC <3, updated more than 1 year ago
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during a total solar eclipse, what feature of the sun becomes visible corona
where is the corona located at the edge of the suns atmosphere
suggest why collaboration amongst the scientific organisations is crucial collaboration between different organisations is important when projects include huge expense and/or technical knowledge
packets of energy are called photons. because of the size of the sun it should only take a few seconds for photons from its centre to reach its surface.but the journey takes billions of years. why is this? the photons collide with super dense gas and have so many collisions that it takes them billions of years rather than seconds.
what is released into space as a result of the violent fluctuations in the suns magnetic field huge amounts of radiation and charged particles
every 11 years the suns activity peaks- this is known as a solar maximum. highly energetic matter surges towards earth a- what does this disrupt on earth b- what else does it produce a- power grids b- auroras
starts are huge spheres of (1) which emit heat and light due to (2, 3) reactions that occur in their core. the (4) is another example of a star. 1- gas 2, 3- nuclear fusion 4- sun
planets are large astronomical objects which (1) around a star. the force of (2) holds them in orbit. 1- revolve 2- gravity
a solar system is a (1, 2, 3) orbiting a central star. the system includes any (4) orbiting the planets 1, 2, 3- group of planets 4- moons
i am so (1). my name is (2). studying is (3) and (4). 1- bored 2- sienna 3- boring 4- relentless
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