User:Marshallsumter/Radiation astronomy1/Millimeters/Quiz

Millimeter astronomy is a lecture from the radiation astronomy department for the course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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{True or False, Microwave radiation ranges from 1 m to 1 mm. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Imaging brown dwarfs involves which of the following: + far-infrared (submillimeter) observations at 350 microns - neutrino detection + heating of the nearby gas and dust + near-infrared covering 1.3 and 2.2 microns + infrared covering 4.5 and 8.0 microns
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{True or False, Submillimeter radiation ranges from 100 µm to 1 mm. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Astronomers place the millimetre waveband between the { far-infrared (i) } and { submillimeter (i) } wavebands, typically taken to be between a millimetres and a centamillimetre.
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{True or False, There are millimeter or millimeter mineral containing meteorites. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: The detection of absorption by interstellar { hydrogen fluoride|HF (i) } in the { submillimeter (i) } band occurs along the sight line to the submillimeter continuum sources W49N and W51.
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{True or False, Microwave radiation ranges from 1 micron to 1 mm. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Submillimeter radiances can be matched by models which include ice particles of? { ammonia|NH3|NH3 (i) }
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{Yes or No, The silicates used to model the cometary coma dust are olivene (Mg-rich is green) and the pyroxene, asbestos. - Yes + No
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{Using HIFI instrument aboard the Herschel Space Observatory, the first detection of what ion occurred on March 1 and March 23, 2010? { chloronium|H2Cl+|H2Cl+|H2Cl1+ (i) }
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{True or False, The Mauna Kea Observatories are used for scientific research across the electromagnetic spectrum from visible light to radio, and comprise the largest such facility in the world. + TRUE - FALSE
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{The BLAST is a what. { submillimeter telescope|submillimetre telescope (i) }
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{True or False, The focus of the Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite is five spectral lines from water, isotopic water, isotopic carbon dioxide, molecular oxygen, and neutral carbon. - TRUE + FALSE
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{The reason in principle that your automobile is not detecting millimeter rays is - it is sitting on top of the Earth's crust below a thick atmosphere - it is low on fuel + those components that may respond to millimeter rays are not hooked up to needed counting electronics - the top is not down - the Moon is visible - the Sun is behind the clouds
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{Complete the text: A three-color (850, 650, and 350 GHz) single-pixel { bolometer (i) } system has been installed on the { Atacama (i) } Submillimeter Telescope (ASTE) and several massive star forming regions were mapped to derive submillimeter SEDs of these sources.
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{True or False, On the whole the emission strength is low in the submillimeter for astronomical objects. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: The submillimeter emission from a cometary { nucleus (i) } can be estimated under the assumption of thermal { equilibrium (i) }.
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{True or False, The absorption and reradiation of light by dust in the history of galaxy formation and evolution is the submillimeter extragalactic background light (EBL). + TRUE - FALSE
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{Handling cosmic rays when using a submillimeter bolometer as a detector involves which of the following: + a rapid rise in temperature + not practical to prevent cosmic-ray events + understanding their behavior + deglitching + operating in a relatively high cosmic-ray flux
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{True or False, Radio observations taken by the Bernese Multibeam Radiometer for KOSMA (BEMRAK) at submillimeter wavelengths show an impulsive component that starts simultaneously with high-energy proton acceleration and the production of pions. + TRUE - FALSE
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{High-energy particle acceleration during an energetic solar flare may involve which of the following at submillimeter wavelengths: - a rapid rise in temperature + a gradual, long-lasting component + large apparent source sizes + synchrotron emission + a magnetic field strength of ≥ 200 Gauss + a close correlation in time and space of radio emission with pion production
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{Yes or No, Radio rays have wavelengths of one millimeter or more. + Yes - No
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{Complete the text: Match up the letter for the object name with the radio or radar image below: Sun - A Mercury - B Venus - C Earth - D Moon (South Pole) - E Moon (North Pole) - F Moon (850 micron thermal emission) - G Mars (North Pole cross section) - H Toustatis - I Jupiter - J Saturn - K Titan - L Interstellar medium - M Milky Way - N 3C 98 - O 3C 31 - P 3C 380 - Q Moon (self radiation) - R NGC 4151 - S GRS 1915 - T M87 - U 3C 279 - V IRC+10216 - W Boomerang nebula - X R Sculptoris - Y { L (i) }. { Q (i) }. { F (i) }. { Y (i) }. { T (i) }. { N (i) }. { B (i) }. { X (i) }. { W (i) }. { H (i) }. { R (i) }. { U (i) }. { A (i) }. { V (i) }. { K (i) }. { O (i) }. { S (i) }. { J (i) }. { G (i) }. { P (i) }. { M (i) } { C (i) } { I (i) }. { E (i) }. { D (i) }.
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{True or False, The cosmic X-ray background has higher intensity than the cosmic millimeter-wave background. + TRUE - FALSE
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Millimeter radiation can differentiate chemical species.