Cambridge IGCSE Physics
6.1.1The Earth
The Earth in Cambridge IGCSE Physics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 6.1.1.1Use the Earth's tilted rotation once in about 24 hours to explain the Sun's apparent daily motion and day and night.
- 6.1.1.2Use the Earth's orbit of the Sun in about 365 days to explain the seasons.
- 6.1.1.3Use the Moon's orbit of the Earth in about a month to explain its cycle of phases.
- 6.1.1.4Supplement: define and use average orbital speed v = 2πr/T.
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The Earth, the Moon and the seasons
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Turn The Earth into a strength.
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