Edexcel IGCSE Physics 8.2 Universe Galaxies and Solar System Questions

Practise universe-scale questions by defining galaxies, naming the Milky Way and comparing the sizes of moons, stars and galaxies.

Exam points

State that a galaxy is a large collection of billions of stars in recall questions.
Name the Milky Way as the galaxy containing the Sun and the Solar System.
Compare sizes of the Moon, stars, galaxies, the Solar System and the universe.

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This question is about astrophysics.

Table 2 gives information about four different stars in the same galaxy as the Sun.

Table 2

Give the name of the galaxy that contains the Sun and the stars shown in table 2.

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