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Igcse Physics 3ed TR Ws 24c

This worksheet focuses on the Earth and the Solar System, including identifying celestial objects, understanding orbital mechanics, and calculating distances and speeds related to light travel. It includes diagrams for labeling, questions about seasons and temperatures, and exercises on gravitational field strength and orbital speeds. Students are also tasked with calculations involving the time light takes to travel between celestial bodies.

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Igcse Physics 3ed TR Ws 24c

This worksheet focuses on the Earth and the Solar System, including identifying celestial objects, understanding orbital mechanics, and calculating distances and speeds related to light travel. It includes diagrams for labeling, questions about seasons and temperatures, and exercises on gravitational field strength and orbital speeds. Students are also tasked with calculations involving the time light takes to travel between celestial bodies.

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CAMBRIDGE IGCSE™ PHYSICS: WORKSHEET 24C

Name ___________________________________ Date _____________

Worksheet 24C: Earth and the Solar


System
In this worksheet you will think about the objects that make up the Solar System.
1 Figure 24.1 shows three objects in the Solar System, A, B and C. The figure is not to scale.

Figure 24.1

a Write the letter of the object that represents:

i the Earth _______________

ii the Moon _______________

iii the Sun _______________


b Draw an arrow on the figure to show the direction of the force that keeps object B in its orbit.
c On the figure, draw the possible path of a comet’s orbit.
2 a Figure 24.2 shows the Sun and the Earth.
The figure is not to scale.

Figure 24.2

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CAMBRIDGE IGCSE™ PHYSICS: WORKSHEET 24C

i State the season at position A on Figure 24.2.

____________________________________________________________________________
ii Positions A and B in the figure have different daytime temperatures. Explain why.

____________________________________________________________________________

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b How long does the Moon take to orbit the Earth? Choose one answer.

A 1 day B 1 week C 1 month D 1 year

3 a Planets orbit the Sun.


Name two other types of objects in the Solar System that also orbit the Sun.

1 _____________________________________________________________________________

2 _____________________________________________________________________________
b Name two of the planets that are classed as gas giants.

_____________________________________ and _____________________________________


c The Earth takes 365 days to orbit the Sun.
i Calculate the number of seconds in 365 days.
Give your answer in standard form to 3 significant figures.
Show your working.

_______________ s

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ii The radius of the Earth’s orbit is 1.5 × 1011 m.


Use this value and your answer to part c i to calculate the Earth’s orbital speed.
Show your working.

_______________ m/s
d Explain why planets closer to the Sun have higher orbital speeds than those planets that are further
away from the Sun.

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

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4 What does the strength of the gravitational field strength around a planet depend on?
Choose two answers.
A the mass of the planet
B how long the planet takes to orbit the Sun
C the height above the surface of the planet
D the speed of the planet’s orbit around the Sun
E the distance of the planet from the Sun
5 Light travels at a speed of 3.0 × 108 m/s.
The average distance from the Sun to Earth is 1.5 × 1011 m.
a Calculate the time taken for light to travel from the Sun to Earth.

_______________ s

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b The average distance from the Sun to Neptune is 4.5 × 1012 m.


Calculate how many times longer it takes for light to travel from the Sun to Neptune than from
the Sun to Earth.
Show your working.

_______________ times longer


c Scientists can use light to measure the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
Astronauts who travelled to the Moon placed a reflector on the surface of the Moon.
Light is sent from the Earth to the reflector on the Moon.
The light is reflected back to Earth and received by a sensor.
In one experiment, the time between the light being sent and being received by the sensor is 2.55 s.
i Use this information to calculate the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
Show your working

_______________ m
ii The reflector remains in the same position on the Moon.
The light source and sensor remain in the same places on Earth.
Suggest why the time of 2.55 s varies slightly between different experiments.

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