REVISION NOTES

IGCSE Edexcel Physics

8.2 Stellar Evolution

8.2.1 Understand how stars can be classified according to their colour

8.2.2 Know that a star’s colour is related to its surface temperature

8.2.3 Describe the evolution of stars of similar mass to the Sun through the following stages:

  • nebula
  • star (main sequence)
  • red giant
  • white dwarf

8.2.4 Describe the evolution of stars with a mass larger than the Sun

8.2.5P Understand how the brightness of a star at a standard distance can be represented using absolute magnitude

8.2.6P Draw the main components of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (HR diagram)

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1.1 Movement and Position

1.2 Forces, Movement, Shape and Momentum

2.1 Mains Electricity

2.2 Energy and Voltage in Circuits

2.3 Energy Charge

3.1 Properties of Waves

3.2 The Electromagnetic Spectrum

3.3 Light and Sound

4.1 Energy Transfers

4.2 Work and Power

4.3 Energy Resources and Electricity Generation

5.1 Density and Pressure

5.2 Change of State

5.3 Ideal Gas Molecules

8.1 Motion In The Universe

8.2 Stellar Evolution

8.3 Cosmology

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