User:Marshallsumter/Radiation astronomy/Acoustics/Quiz

Acoustic radiation astronomy is a lecture on a variety of vibration phenomena. It is a part of the radiation astronomy course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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Quiz
{Complete the text: Match up the item letter with each of the X-ray angular resolution possibilities below: Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer - A XMM-Newton - B Chandra X-ray Observatory - C Swift - D Astro-rivelatore Gamma ad Imagini Leggero (AGILE) - E Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) - F Suzaku - G Koronas-Foton - H 2" { D (i) } 3" { H (i) }. ~2' { G (i) }. 1" { B|F (i) }. 5.9' { E (i) }. 7' { A (i) }. 1" { B|F (i) }. 0.5" { C (i) }.
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{Complete the text: The ram orientation is the direction in which the space station is { traveling|going (i) }, and the wake orientation faces the direction { traveled|it has been (i) }.
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{Which of the following is not characteristic of a neutrino? - neutrinos are affected by the weak nuclear force + produced by a positron annihilating an electron - a decay product of a neutron - produced by the near surface fusion on the Sun - may have a mass - comes in mutable varieties
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{A device that narrows a beam of particles or waves is a? { collimator (i) }
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{Complete the text: The three key parameters of a { periodic (i) } waveform are its { amplitude|volume (i) }, { phase|timing (i) } and its { frequency|pitch (i) }.
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{True or False, The presence of a liquid may be detected by using S-waves. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are characteristic of a binary formed via gravitational fragmentation? + the local Jeans length + the local speed of sound + the mean molecular weight - the electron neutrino + the mean particle density - neutrons
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{Which phenomena 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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{Which of the following is not a characteristic of outer space? - gaseous pressure much less than atmospheric pressure - similar to a laboratory vacuum + free space - imperfect vacuum - partial vacuum
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{Which of the following is not a theoretical characteristic of space radiation? - spacetime - interpretation of associated phenomena - a hot bow-wave + a steady rise - forming ahead of the meteor
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{Complete the text: The standard solar models have enjoyed tremendous success recently in terms of agreement between the predicted { outer structure|structure (i) } and the results from { helioseismology|seismology (i) } but some { observed properties|properties (i) } of the Sun still defy explanation, such as the degree of { Li|lithium (i) } depletion.
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Radiation astronomy satellites may have extended and improved life spans if they could be upgraded and repaired at the International Space Station.