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The Scale of the Large
What is a light year,
How large is the universe
2
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The Scale of the Small
What is a nanometer,
What is a micrometer,
What is a femtometer
3
cards
Introduction to Light
What is interesting about light,
What is a photon,
What is light frequency
6
cards
Four Fundamental Forces
What are the 4 forces,
What is the weakest force,
What is the strongest force
7
cards
Scale of Earth and Sun
What is the circumference of the ...,
What is the circumference of the sun,
How much bigger is the sun compar...
4
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Scale of the Solar System and Galaxy and Intergalactic Scale
How many planets are there,
How much of our solar system s ma...,
What is the diameter of the solar...
8
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Scale of Distance to Closest Stars
What is solar wind,
What is a light year,
What is the closest star
3
cards
Hubble Images of Galaxies
How do they take pictures of spac...
1
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Cosmological Time Scale and Radius of Observable Universe
When did the big bang occur,
When did planets start to form,
When did jesus exist
9
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Big Bang Introduction
How big is the universe,
What is the shape of the universe,
What is strange about the expandi...
4
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The Red Shift
What is the doppler effect,
If an item emits light to you but...,
What is the red shift
3
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Cosmic Background Radiation
What is cosmic background radiation,
How does cosmic background radiat...,
Why is cosmic background radiatio...
5
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Hubble's Law
What is hubble s law,
What is the movement of objects s...,
What is the rate of expansion of ...
5
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A Universe smaller than the Observable
What is cosmic inflation,
How big is the universe compared ...,
What happens if you go in the sam...
3
cards
The Birth of Stars and Star Field/Nebula Images
What gives birth to stars,
What starts the forming of stars,
What is the temperature of these ...
6
cards
Becoming a Red Giant and the Lifecycle of Massive Stars
What is a red giant,
How much bigger is a red giant th...,
Why is a red giant red
4
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White and Black Dwarfs
How is the core of a red giant di...,
What is different about the surfa...,
What happens when the core of a s...
8
cards
Supernova and Supernova Clarification
What is a supernova,
What is electron degeneracy pressure,
What is electron capture
9
cards
Black Holes
From what stars are black holes f...,
How dense is a black hole,
What are singularities
4
cards
Supermassive Black Holes
What is a primordial black hole,
How dense is a stellar black hole
2
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Quasars
What are quasars,
What is an accretion disk,
What range of the spectrum do qua...
4
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Galactic Collisions
If the milky way and andromeda co...,
If the milky way and andromeda co...
2
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Parallax in Observing Stars
What is parallax,
Why is parallax important in star...
2
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Stellar Parallax
What is parallax,
Why is parallax important in star...,
What is the formula for parallax
3
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Stellar Distance using Parallax
What is parallax,
How do you find distance with par...
2
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Parsec Definition
What is a parsec,
What is an arc second
2
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Cepheid Variables
Who is henrietta swan levitt,
What are cepheid variable stars
2
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Why Cepheids Pulsate
Why do cepheids pulsate,
What type of system do normal sta...
2
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Why Gravity gets so strong near Dense Objects
Why is gravity stronger near dens...
1
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Plate Tectonics: Difference between Crust and Lithosphere
What is plate tectonics,
What are the 5 main layers
2
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Structure of the Earth and the Compositional and Mechanical Layers
What is the lithosphere,
What is the asthenosphere,
What is the makeup of the outer a...
10
cards
Plate Tectonics: Movement
What is one small clue for plate ...,
What is another clue found in the...,
What other big clue was found in ...
3
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Plate Tectonics: Geological Features of Divergent Plate Boundaries
What are divergent plate boundaries,
Where do hot spots form,
What are hot spots
3
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Plate Tectonics: Convergent Plate Boundaries
What are convergent boundaries,
What three things can form at con...,
Where do deep oceanic trenches form
3
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Plate Tectonics: Plate Movement due to Convection
What is convection,
What causes convection in the mantle,
Why might convection move the plates
3
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Hawaiian Islands Formation
Why is hawaii an island chain,
What was found underwater in hawaii,
How much bigger is the big island...
3
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Pangaea
What is pangaea,
What was the most recent super co...,
What will the next super continen...
3
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How we know about the Earth's Core
What are p waves,
What are s waves,
How do we know that the outer cor...
4
cards
Seismic Waves
What are seismic waves,
What are the two types of seismic...,
What are surface waves
8
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Why S-waves only travel in solids
Why can s waves only travel in so...
1
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Refraction of Seismic Waves
What is refraction,
Why are seismic waves refracted
2
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The Mohorovicic Seismic Discontinuity
Who was the first to realize that...,
When did andrija notice that the ...,
How did andrija conclude that the...
3
cards
Seasons aren't dictated by closeness to the Sun
What causes seasons,
Why does the tilt of the spin axi...
2
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How Earth's Tilt Causes Seasons
Why does the earth s tilt causes ...,
What is one more minor thing that...
2
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Are Southern Hemisphere Seasons More Severe?
What is aphelion,
What is perihelion,
When is the perihelion
5
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Milankovitch Cycles
What is the range of the axis tilt,
What is obliquity,
What are the milankovitch cycles
6
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Precession Causing Perihelion to Happen Later
What is the range of the axis tilt,
What is obliquity,
What are the milankovitch cycles
8
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What causes Precession and other Orbital Changes
What causes precession and the ot...,
Why is the earth not a sphere
2
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Apsidal Precession (Perihelion Precession) and Milankovitch Cycles
What causes precession and the ot...,
What is the range of the axis tilt,
What are the milankovitch cycles
9
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Earth Formation
What released the particles later...,
What is theia,
What did the earth s and theia s ...
4
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Beginnings of Life
What is the hadean eon,
What is the late heavy bombardment,
When did life first form
6
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Ozone Layer and Eukaryotes showing up in the Proterozoic Eon
What was the oxygen catastrophe,
Why did oxygen kill so many organ...,
What is the current theory of mit...
6
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Biodiversity flourishes in the Phanerozoic Eon
What main changes in life occurre...,
Why was sexual reproduction impor...,
What was a very important result ...
7
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First Living Things on Land Clarification
What living thing was the first t...,
What were the first animals to go...,
What are myriapods
3
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Human Evolution Overview
What old animal did we evolve from,
What is the evolution process for...,
What are neanderthals
3
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Understanding Calendar Notation and Correction Calendar Notation
What is bc,
What is bce,
What is ce
6
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Agriculture and Writing
What do eras periods and ages tal...,
What is the longest human era,
When did the paleolithic era end
5
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Firestick Farming
What is farming,
What is firestick farming,
Why did the aboriginal australian...
5
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Collective Learning
What is the main thing that separ...,
Why can t chimpanzees and other s...,
Why can humans do collective lear...
7
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