Interstellar medium/Quiz

Interstellar medium is a lecture about an entity that exists between and around stars. It is a mini-lecture for a quiz section as part of the radiation astronomy course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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{A NASA Hubble image of the Ring Nebula contains which of the following? + very hot helium blue + ionized oxygen emitting green + red light from ionized nitrogen + oxygen forbidden line emission + Hα + a forbidden line of sulfur
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{Yes or No, The amino acid glycine may have been discovered in the ISM. + Yes - No
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{Which of the following is not a studied characteristic of astrochemistry? - interstellar atoms - interaction of radiation with molecules + nucleosynthesis - organics of interstellar origin - interstellar precursors
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{True or False, Black patches of space in certain areas encompassing a star formation are not dark nebulae but actually vast holes of empty space. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is not a characteristic of super soft X-radiation? - electromagnetic radiation - ionizing radiation - usually hidden by interstellar absorption in the galactic disk - readily evident in external galaxies + have energies in the 0.09 to 2.5 keV range
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{True or False, By comparing astronomical observations with laboratory measurements, astrochemists can infer the elemental abundances, chemical composition, and temperatures of stars and interstellar clouds. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: The interstellar medium is the gas and { cosmic (i) } dust that pervade { interstellar (i) } space and is the matter that exists between the { stars|star systems (i) } within a { galaxy (i) }. It blends smoothly into the surrounding { intergalactic (i) } medium.
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{True or False, The energy that occupies the same volume as the interstellar medium in the form of electromagnetic radiation is the interstellar radiation field. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Intragalactic super soft X-ray sources may be heavily reddened by? { interstellar material|interstellar matter (i) }
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{True or False, The interstellar medium consists of an extremely dilute (by terrestrial standards) mixture of ions, atoms, molecules, larger dust grains, cosmic rays, and (galactic) magnetic fields. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which phenomenon are associated with the heliosphere? + a region of space where the interstellar medium is blown away by the solar wind + a bubble in space + virtually all the material emanates from the Sun itself - Voyager 2 + Voyager 1 + the termination shock
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{True or False, The first gamma-ray telescope carried into orbit, on the Explorer 11 satellite in 1961, picked up fewer than 100 cosmic gamma-ray photons. + TRUE - FALSE
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{The point where the interstellar medium and solar wind pressures balance is called the { heliopause (i) }
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{True or False, A dimming of light from stars due to absorption and scattering from dust in the interstellar medium is called interstellar extinction. + TRUE - FALSE
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{That part of outer space between planets and their star(s) is called? { interplanetary medium (i) }
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{True or False, The planetary nebula NGC 6543 has large concentrations of hydrogen, oxygen and ionized nitrogen. + TRUE - FALSE
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{WNM is an acronym for what? { warm neutral medium (i) }
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{True or False, The Hβ emission line does not appear when the F492M filter is used on the Hubble Space Telescope because its wavelength is 486.1 nm. - TRUE + FALSE
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{The 111 → 110 rotational transition that occurs in the direction of four dark nebulae is likely from what chemical. { formaldehyde (i) }
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{When ionization cones are present, what green characteristics are usually readily observed? + O III green emission line + green continua + biconical structure + a common cone axis and apex + ionized gas - neon clouds
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{Complete the text: Match up the item letter with each of the possibilities below: Interstellar comet - A Neutrals - B Geminga - C star formation region - D Local Hot Bubble - E H II regions - F Ring Nebula - G molecular cloud - H supernova remnant - I Messier 17 - J empty space - K { G (i) }. { K (i) }. { C (i) }. { F (i) }. { E (i) }. thumb|left|100px { I (i) }. [[Image:The star formation region NGC 6559.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { D (i) }. [[Image:Mira the star-by Nasa alt crop.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { A (i) }. [[Image:ESO- Stellar Nursery-M 17-Phot-24a-00-normal.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { J (i) }. [[Image:Molecular.cloud.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { H (i) }. [[Image:484684main 1 AP IBEX combined 1.74.jpg|thumb|left|100px]] { B (i) }.
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