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OCR A A Level Physics Astrophysics 3: Cosmology Worksheet

Download a free OCR A A Level Physics worksheet on stellar parallax, redshift, Hubble's law, the Big Bang and the age of the Universe, with solutions.

Module / section
Newtonian world and astrophysics
Topic
Astrophysics and cosmology
Preview of OCR A A Level Physics Astrophysics 3: Cosmology Worksheet

What is covered

Questions and skills covered

The worksheet contains 7 pages of printable questions. A separate 7-page solutions PDF makes it easy to mark, review or share answers after the activity.

  • Astronomical units, stellar parallax and the cosmic distance scale
  • Doppler shift and fractional changes in spectral wavelengths
  • Hubble's law, recession speed and the Hubble constant
  • Evidence for an expanding Universe and expansion of spacetime
  • The Big Bang model, cosmic microwave background and Universe age estimates

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OCR A A Level Physics Worksheets
H556 · 5.5.3(a), 5.5.3(b), 5.5.3(c), 5.5.3(d), 5.5.3(e), 5.5.3(f), 5.5.3(g), 5.5.3(h), 5.5.3(i), 5.5.3(j), 5.5.3(k), 5.5.3(l)

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