Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0 · 16
Cosmology
- Code
- 16
- Topic of
- Edexcel GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Course
- GCSE Astronomy 1AS0
- Board
- Edexcel
Grade boundaries·Edexcel command words
Codes and titles are read by a script from Edexcel's published specification and have not been checked by a person. What each point covers is in the specification itself: Edexcel’s specification.
Points under 16
- 16.1 Redshift of distant galaxies
- 16.2 Redshift from receding galaxies
- 16.3 Redshift equation
- 16.4 Evidence for the expanding universe
- 16.5 Hubble's law
- 16.6 Age and size of the Universe
- 16.7 Expansion and theories of the Universe
- 16.8 Evidence for the Big Bang
- 16.9 Fluctuations in the CMB
- 16.10 Dark matter and dark energy
- 16.11 Detecting dark matter and dark energy
- 16.12 Future evolution of the Universe
Topics in 1AS0
- 1 Planet Earth
- 2 The lunar disc
- 3 The Earth-Moon-Sun system
- 4 Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun cycles
- 5 Solar System observation
- 6 Celestial observation
- 7 Early models of the Solar System
- 8 Planetary motion and gravity
- 9 Exploring the Moon
- 10 Solar astronomy
- 11 Exploring the Solar System
- 12 Formation of planetary systems
- 13 Exploring starlight
- 14 Stellar evolution
- 15 Our place in the Galaxy
- 16 Cosmology
- OBS Observational skills
- A Unaided tasks
- B Aided tasks