Remember those old space movies where spaceships had to maneuver through a bunch of asteroids scattered around and blocking the path of the ship? Well, that's not really true. The asteroid belt contains asteroids which are so far apart...

The distance between corresponding points on two successive waves, and therefore the length of a complete cycle of a wave.
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Any substance that has mass and occupies a volume.
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A positively charged particle found in the nucleus of all atoms.
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The attraction between two bodies with opposite electric charges due to the charge alone.
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The spreading of the seafloor around mid-ocean ridges as new rock is formed in between two tectonic plates.
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Everything that exists. All physical matter and energy and the contents of the space between galaxies.
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Mechanical work is the energy transferred by a force in moving through a distance.
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A very small unit of length equivalent to one ten-millionth of a millimetre, or 10^-10m.
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The planet we live on is the third of the four rocky planets in our Solar System.
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The speed of an object in a particular direction.
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Where does Mercury fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique?



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Where does Uranus fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique?



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When we look at distant stars, we are looking back in time. What is a light year, how is it measured and why do we measure distance in terms of time?



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What is a horsepower? How many horses would it take to power your car?
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The number of particles in 1 mole of a substance, which is 6.022 times 10 to the power of 23.
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Discover how different wavelengths allow scientists to measure the distance to the stars.
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A technique used by some animals to locate the position of objects around them, by producing sounds and listening to their echoes.
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The shortest distance between an object's start point and end point.
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The distance travelled by light in a vacuum in a year, equal to about 9.5 trillion kilometres.
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There are only six basic types of machine. Discover more about levers, wheels and pulleys: what are they and why are they useful? Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Archimedes designed simple machines to move and lift objects. The...

Discover how parallax can be used to measure distances, and how early astronomers used it to find the distance of stars from Earth. Maths - Space A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math...

Where does Venus fit into the Solar System and what makes this planet unique? Physics - Our Solar System - Learning Points. Venus is Earth's closest neighbour. Venus is the hottest planet in our Solar System. Venus spins in the opposite...