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PHYSICS A LEVEL Explain why, when a red giant becomes a white dwarf, it moves towards the lower left of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram [2]

The fusing red giant shell drifts away form the core forming planetary nebula. Leaving only very hot core (white dwarf) (1) The core is hotter than the shell , the star moves left on the diagram. (1) Luminos...
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1. At the end of a marathon sweat covered runners are given a shiny foil sheet to stop them cooling down too quickly. a) Suggest why the runner may cool down too quickly without the foil sheet (1) b.) Explain how the foil sheet reduces heat loss(2)

Note consider what type of heat loss is occurring1a) key word suggest Runner covered in sweat , when this evaporates it will reduce surface temperature (1)b) key word explain, remember this means it t not en...
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Prove that the difference of the square of two consecutive odd numbers is always a multiple of 8. [OCR GCSE June 2017 Paper 5]

Part 1 of this question asks you to explain why 2n+1 is an odd number, so it is assumed that the student knows this already. The definition of any odd number is 2n+1. Since all consecutive odd numbers are tw...
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Work out the value of 27 ^-2/3

In order to answer this question we should first break it down into simpler parts. Using the law of indices we can start this process. Using the law above we can break down the components of the original que...
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What is the evidence for the Big Bang theory?

Absorption spectra from distant galaxies consist of bands of coloured light crossed with black lines. The wavelengths of these black lines are shifted towards the red end of the spectrum when compared with l...
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