User:Marshallsumter/Radiation astronomy1/Opticals/Quiz

Optical astronomy is a lecture and an article as part of the astronomy department course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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{Complete the text: Match up the description with each of the optical astronomy possibilities below: Palomar's 5 m - L adaptive optics poc - M AO actuators - N Mars Global Surveyor - O star-forming regio - P Warner & Swasey - Q protoplanetary nebula - R SkyMapper - S Mauna Kea - T full-color of Mercury - U Hubble Space Telescope of carbon star - V supernova remnant - W HESS - X line of sight - Y { L (i) }. { V (i) }. { Q (i) }. { T (i) }. { Y (i) }. { N (i) }. { U (i) }. { R (i) }. { X (i) }. { O (i) }. { S (i) }. { P (i) }. { W (i) }. { M (i) }.
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{True or False, The symbol $$\odot$$ represents the Sun. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Astronomy is not purely mathematics because of which phenomena? - the Sun + displacements consist of a number plus a dimension such as kilometers + time - a late-summer rainstorm + movement
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{True or False, The expanse of space that seems to be over the Earth like a dome is called heaven. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following is characteristic of the scattered disc + a distant region of the solar system + the dwarf planet Eris + orbital eccentricites ranging up to 0.8 - inclinations as high as 50° + perihelia greater than 30 AU + Dysnomia
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{True or False, The observations of planetary motion agree with computed orbits to the accuracy of the observations. - TRUE + FALSE
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{The atmosphere of Titan which has a natural orange color is composed largely of? { nitrogen (i) }
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{True or False, A planet has been referred to as a moving light in the sky. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Observations of Io have benefitted greatly from what phenomenon? - a dense, opaque atmosphere - lightning - extensive meteorite cratering - a flattening out - liquid hydrocarbon lakes + the reflected light of allotropes and compounds of sulfur
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{True or False, The visible path of a meteoroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere is called a meteorite. - TRUE + FALSE
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{With respect to the zodiacal light which group of middle-easterners worshipped it? { Egyptians (i) }
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{True or False, When Venus is viewed in the ultraviolet, its color appears brownish. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Complete the text: When imaged in visible light Venus appears like a gas { dwarf (i) } rather than a { rocky (i) } planet.
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{True or False, "Regarding the fixed stars, the Sun appears from Earth to revolve once a year along the ecliptic through the zodiac". + TRUE - FALSE
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{The use of the principle of line of sight allows what phenomenon to be determined? + the Moon is closer to the Earth than the Sun - the planet Mercury is nearer to the Earth than Venus - any cumulus cloud overhead follows the Sun across the sky - the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun is in the plane of the galaxy - the surface of the photosphere of the Sun is hotter than the surface of Mars - lightning always precedes rain
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{True or False, An aurora seen from Australia may be a blue radiation source. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Lens-shaped { crystals|crystal (i) } have long been known from { Bronze (i) } Age contexts.
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{True or False, The Russian Okno system is an optoelectronic, manually operated system for monitoring and surveillance of space objects integrated to the KRONA system of space recognition. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following are green observatories in orbit around the Earth? - Chandra X-ray Observatory - Big Bear - TRACE - Kodaikanal + the Hubble - Lomnický štít - McMath-Pierce - SOFIA + Rosetta
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{True or False, The US Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) base at Diego Garcia is located just off the coast of southern California. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Various optical radiation observatories occur at different altitudes and geographic locations due to what effect? - the presence of oceans on the Earth - locally available carving tools + light pollution - most astronomical objects are observed at night - currently dormant volcanoes seldom erupt - human habitation increases near an astronomical observatory
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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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{Complete the text: The 0.6m Tortugas Mountain Observatory is used to monitor the temporal changes in the { Jovian|Jupiter (i) } cloud deck and equatorial activity on { Saturn (i) }.
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{True or False, Optical telescopes use domes as a form of shelter. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Complete the text: Match up the radiation letter with each of the detector possibilities below: Optical rays - L Visual rays - M Violet rays - N Blue rays - O Cyan rays - P Green rays - Q Yellow rays - R Orange rays - S Red rays - T multialkali (Na-K-Sb-Cs) photocathode materials { L (i) }. F547M { Q (i) }. F675W { T (i) }. broad-band filter centered at 404 nm { N (i) }. F588N { R (i) }. thallium bromide (TlBr) crystals { O (i) }. F606W { S (i) }. 18 micrometers FWHM at 490 nm { P (i) }. wide-gap II-VI semiconductor ZnO doped with Co2+ (Zn1-xCoxO) { M (i) }.
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{True or False, The Hubble Space Telescope currently uses the Wide Field Planetary Camera (PC-2) with its F492M filter among others for green astronomy. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Which of the following are characteristic of the telluric mercury green line? + 546.1 nm + light pollution at the Calar Alto observatory - a decay product of uranium + mercury vapour lamps + tropospheric scattering + y-band of the ubvy Strömgren photometric system
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{True or False, A professional astronomer holding a digital camera in their hands while working on the International Space Station is a primary astronomical visual source. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Cheomseongdae was involved in which of the following astronomies? - cosmic-ray astronomy - infrared astronomy - neutrino astronomy + visual astronomy - ultraviolet astronomy - radio astronomy
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{True or False, Boron has an emission line in the yellow. - TRUE + FALSE
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{On 19 May 1910, the Earth actually passed through the tail of what comet. { Halley's (i) }
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{Ashen light is involved in which of the following? + earthshine - glow of the bright part of the lunar disk + light from different parts of Earth are mixed together + mimics the Earth as a single dot - neutron astronomy - X-ray astronomy
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{Being outside during fair weather in the day light looking upward when the Sun is off to the East or West, you may see that the sky is what color. { blue (i) }
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{Complete the text: An aerometeor is a { discrete (i) } unit of air traveling or { falling (i) } through an atmosphere.
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{Yes or No, Hydrogen has an emission line in the yellow. - Yes + No
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{Usually associated with clouds filling the sky, thunder and lightning, wind and what water based meteorites { rain (i) }
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{The extent of the Hα absorption trough along the major axes of quenched spirals is what? + more truncated than the distribution of the Hα emission line for H I deficient galaxies - contributed to by the new stellar population - less truncated than the distribution of the Hα emission line for H I deficient galaxies - due to the quenching - disks building up from the outside in
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