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Prof. Frank Nigh --- Instructor [email protected] Name _______________________________
Multiple Choice Questions
1.Let's say we find a star that is located on the following points or circles in the sky. Then, on the same
night we move to a location on Earth that is some significant distance from our first location. There will
now be a different star at or on:
a. the celestial north pole
b. the zenith
c. the celestial equator
d. the celestial south pole
e. all of the above
2. A very odd friend of yours (living in Salem, MA) [substitute your favorite local town to make fun
of] asks you for advice (as his astronomy expert). He likes sleeping during the day, and being awake
at night, and thus has taken to going out into an open field and staring at the stars for hours, while
slowly chanting the names of the 92 stable elements.. But he gets very easily dizzy from watching
the slow turning of the stars in the sky. Where in the sky would you advise him to look to see stars
that are not turning or just barely turning in the course of a night?
a. on his horizon
b. at his zenith
c. on the celestial equator
d. at the north celestial pole
e. you can't fool me, all stars appear to turn from Bayonne, New Jersey
3. A graduate student in geology who grew up in Florida (near the southernmost tip of the United
States) gets to accompany her research professor to the North Pole. What will be different at the
North Pole from the way she remembers the sky in Florida?
a. the celestial pole is overhead
b. the celestial equator is on the horizon
c. the way (and whether) the stars rise or set
d. all of the above would be different from the way it is in Florida
e. all of the above (a - c) would be the same as in Florida
4. In the Northern Hemisphere, the altitude (height in degrees above the horizon) of the North Star is
always roughly equal to the
a. longitude of the observer
b. latitude of the observer
c. altitude of the Sun
d. the tilt of the Earth's axis
e. the temperature at midnight
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5. Someone who observes the sky every clear night in Boston for many years will NEVER get to see:
a. the south circumpolar zone
b. celestial pole
c. observer's zenith point
d. the north circumpolar zone
e. the Big Dipper
6. As seen from the continental United States, the Big and Little Dipper
a. are below the horizon throughout the year
b. are at the zenith throughout the year
c. are on the celestial equator throughout the year
d. are in the north circumpolar zone throughout the year
e. none of the above
7. If the Earth goes around the Sun, why is the ecliptic not lined up with the celestial equator?
a. the ecliptic is a circle fixed in the sky, but the celestial equator is different for observers at different
latitudes
b. the Earth's orbit is not a circle but an ellipse
c. the Earth's axis is tilted by about 23 degrees from the vertical
d. the pull of the other planets makes the Earth wobble significantly in the course of a year
e. the land mass of the Earth is more concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere
8. The strip of the sky through which the Sun, the Moon, and the bright planets appear to move in the
course of a year is called:
a. the zodiac
b. the celestial equator
c. the circumpolar zone
d. the horizon
e. the asteroid belt
9. Within a constellation, a recognizable pattern of stars is often called:
a. a Dipper
b. a zodiac
c. an asterism
d. an ecliptic
e. a cameo
10. Which of the following is NOT a result of the Earth's precession?
a. the Earth wobbles (like a spinning top) with a period of 26,000 years
b. where in the sky the Earth's axis points changes over the centuries and millennia
c. Polaris will no longer be the North Star in several thousand years
d. the Earth's axis will no longer be tilted in several thousand years
e. the signs of the zodiac most astrologers use are no longer in accord with the constellations in which
the Sun is currently found over the course of the year
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11. Based on the scientific and statistical tests of astrological predictions, which of the following
statements is the most reasonable?
a. astrology has passed every test with flying colors and scientists now agree that the positions of
celestial objects are very important in determining our personalities and future
b .astrology has not passed any clear scientific or statistical test and as a result, most scientists are very
doubtful that it can predict anything meaningful about our lives
c. astrology has passed about half of the tests that have been devised for it, and it is very controversial;
about half the scientists think it works, and the other half do not
d. no one has ever tested astrology, so it is not possible to say whether it is a useful predictive tool
e. because it was Ptolemy who wrote the books on which modern astrology is based, most scientists
believe it must be correct, no matter what any tests reveal.
12. At which of the following locations on Earth is the direction we call East not clearly defined?
a. the latitude of Greenwich, England
b. the coast of the U.S. which borders on the Atlantic Ocean
c. the North Pole
d. the equator
e. the International Date Line
13. In locating objects on the celestial sphere, we call the number of degrees east or west
something is from Greenwich, England something is its:
a. latitude
b. longitude
c. declination
d. meridian
e. seasonal displacement
14. What would you have to change about the Earth to stop our planet from having
significantly different seasons?
a. its distance from the Sun
b. its diameter
c.. the amount of water on its surface
d. the tilt of its axis
e. the orbit of the Moon around it
15. The Earth is closest to the Sun in which month of the year?
a. July
b. June
c. January
d. March
e. September
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16. A "New Age" bride and groom, who are enchanted by the Sun, want to get married on the day
when it is highest in the sky. If they live in the United States, around what day of the year will the
wedding take place?
a. winter solstice
b. spring equinox
c. autumnal equinox
d. summer solstice
e. you can't fool me, the Sun's maximum height in the sky is roughly the same throughout the year
17. A very rich, very shady international banker (with residences all over the globe) mysteriously
disappears. Someone later mails a wide-angle photo of his body to a London newspaper, taken on June
22, showing the Sun exactly overhead at noon. What can the police deduce from this photograph about
where the body is located?
a. at the North Pole
b. at the equator
c. on the Antarctic circle (67 ° S)
d. at the South pole
e. on the Tropic of Cancer (23 ° N)
18. Taking astronomy in college ruins you for having any kind of ordinary job, so after graduation
you decide to become the leader of a new religious cult. You decide to hold a big religious
festival around the time that the days are shortest and the nights are longest in the United
States. At what time of year will these celebrations be held?
a. in late August
b. in late December
c. in late June
d. in late March
e. in late September
19. The time it takes for the Sun to return to the same place in our sky after the Earth has
rotated once is called:
a. a solar day
b. a sidereal day
c. the ante meridian time
d. a year
e. an equinox period
20. Why is there a 4-minute difference between the solar day and the sidereal day?
a. because the Earth's rotation is variable, due to the pull of the Moon
b. because the stars slowly change their orientations in the Galaxy
c. because the Earth is going around the Sun in the course of a year
d. because the Earth's axis is tilted by about 23 degrees
e. no one knows the reason; we just have to accept the difference as an unsolved mystery
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21. What is the wavelength of the longest wavelength light that can be seen with the human eye?
a. 400 nm
b. 4000 nm
c. 7000 nm
d. 700 nm
e. 3×108 m
22. ____________ has (have) wavelengths that are longer than visible light.
a. Gamma-rays
b. Ultraviolet light
c. Infrared radiation
d. X-rays
e. a, b and d above
23. Which of the following sequences of electromagnetic radiation is correct in order of increasing
energy?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Gamma rays, X-rays, infrared, radio
Radio, microwave, gamma rays, UV
Visible, UV, X-rays, gamma rays
Visible, microwave, radio, infrared
Infrared, visible, radio, X-rays
24. The two regions of the electromagnetic spectrum where the Earth's atmosphere is transparent
(radiation can get in) are visible light and:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
ultraviolet
x-rays
some radio waves
gamma-rays
you can't fool me, the atmosphere is transparent ONLY for visible light
25. The most important function of an astronomical telescope is to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
collect as much light as possible and bring it to a focus
magnify (enlarge) celestial objects so we can see them clearly
measure the color of an object
bring distant objects closer by pulling on the light
pierce through the clouds so a cloudy night is not wasted
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26. The size of the device that gathers (collects) radiation is called a telescope's:
a.magnification
b. resolution
c. aperture
d. focal width
e. Galilean criterion
27. Which of the following has a longer integration time (can collect light for a longer period of
time) than the human eye?
a. photographic film
b. photographic plates
c. a CCD (charge coupled device)
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
28. A telescope whose objective is a lens and contains no mirrors is a(n) _____ telescope.
a. Refracting
b. Reflecting
c. Deflecting
d. Compound
e. Retracting
29. In a reflecting telescope the objective is a ____.
a. prism
b. mirror
c. lens
d. diffraction grating
e. photographic plate
30. Which has the larger light-gathering power?
a. A telescope of 5 cm diameter and focal length of 50 cm.
b. A telescope of 6 cm diameter and focal length of 100 cm.
c. A telescope of 2 cm diameter and focal length of 100 cm.
d. A telescope of 3 cm diameter and focal length of 75 cm.
e. Both B and C since they have the same focal length.
31. The resolving power of a telescope is _____.
a. a measure of the minimum angular separation that can be seen with the telescope.
b. a measure of the maximum angular separation that can be seen with the telescope.
c. a measure of the amount of light that the telescope can gather in one second.
d. the separation between the objective and the image.
e. a measure of how blurry object appear in the telescope.
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32. To get away from the pressures of your astronomy class you and some friends decide to go to a
football game. In the stadium, a friend gives you her binoculars to look through, and suddenly you
realize that you are back to a subject covered in astronomy class. What type of telescope are you
looking through when you use binoculars?
a. reflecting
b. infra-red
c. refracting
d. Newtonian
e. CCD
33. 'A graduate student is trying to follow the weather on Jupiter for her PhD thesis. To see individual
storms in the upper atmosphere of the planet, she needs to have excellent resolution. What type of
telescope would be best for her to use?
a. a refractor, with as small an aperture as possible
b. a radio telescope
c. a large reflector in an observatory located at sea level
d. a large reflector located in orbit above the Earth's atmosphere
e. you can't fool me, no telescope can show the weather on Jupiter
34. The ___________ of a telescope is a measure of its ability to show fine detail and depends on the
diameter of the objective.
a. light-gathering power
b. focal length
c. magnifying power
d. resolving power
e. spherical aberration
35. Which of the following telescopes must be used above Earth's atmosphere?
a. an optical telescope
b. the VLBI telescope
c. an x-ray telescope
d. a radio telescope
e. none of the above
36. A telescope that suffers from chromatic aberration and has a low light gathering power is most likely
a. a small diameter reflecting telescope.
b. a small diameter refracting telescope.
c. a large diameter refracting telescope.
d. a large diameter reflecting telescope.
e. an infrared telescope.
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37. __________ is absorbed by water in Earth's atmosphere and requires that telescopes for observing
at these wavelengths be placed on mountain tops or in space.
a. Infrared radiation
b. Ultraviolet radiation
c. Radio wave radiation
d. X-ray radiation
e. Visible light
38. Increasing the diameter of a telescope
I. increases its light gathering power.
II. increases its resolving power.
III. increases it magnifying power.
IV. increases its chromatic aberration.
a. I, II, III, & IV
b. I, II, & III
c. I, II, & IV
d. III & IV
e. I & II
39. What is the magnification of a telescope and eyepiece if the telescope objective has a focal length of
200 cm and the eyepiece has a focal length of 2.0 cm
a. 400 times
b. 4000 times
c. 100 times
d. 1000 times
e. 40 times
40. When a knowledgeable amateur astronomer tells you that she has a 14-inch telescope, what does
the number 14 refer to?
a. the number of times the image is magnified (how much bigger it looks)
b. the length of the main telescope tube
c. the focal length
d. the length of the eyepiece tube
e. the diameter of the primary lens or mirror
41. The sidereal drive of a telescope mounting must turn the telescope
a. southward about the polar axis.
b. eastward about the polar axis.
c. westward about the polar axis.
d. northward about the polar axis.
e. none of the above
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42. A new generation of telescopes is currently being built that overcomes the limitations of the older
large telescopes. Some of these new telescopes
a. use segmented mirrors.
b. use mirrors that are very thin.
c. use active optics to control the shape of the mirror.
d. all of the above.
e. none of the above
43. You are an astronomer who wants to study a faint star in the process of being born, which gives off
most of its faint radiation in the infra-red. Which of the following would NOT be a step you would want
to take?
a. heat your telescope, so its delicate optics are not cold
b. try to have your telescope as high above the layers of water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere as
possible
c. shield your telescope from the radiation given off by your graduate students
d. isolate your telescope in very cold surroundings
e. make sure your telescope optics are kept as free of dust as possible
44. Which of the following types of telescopes can be used ONLY above the Earth's atmosphere?
a. x-ray telescope
b. visible-light telescope
c. radio telescope
d. reflector
e. none of the above
45. To break up light into the component colors that it contains astronomers use a device called:
a. a CCD
b. a spectrometer
c. Cassegrain splitter
d. interferometer array
46. What type of telescope can be used routinely on the surface of the Earth during the DAY?
a. a visible-light telescope
b. radio telescope
c. an x-ray telescope
d. a gamma-ray telescope
e. you can't fool me, there is no telescope that can be used during the DAY
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47. Radio telescopes are _______ telescopes.
a. Reflecting
b. Refracting
c. Deflecting
d. Compound
e. Retracting
48. The main reason for positioning many radio telescopes across a large area and combining the signals
is
a. to observe more objects in a shorter amount of time.
b. provide a backup system if one or more of the telescopes go down.
c. to produce higher resolution images.
d. to avoid interference between signals from the separate telescopes.
e. to account for the motion of objects in the sky as a result of the Earth’s rotation.
49. Ultraviolet radiation from a star
a. will not penetrate Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground.
b. has a wavelength that is longer than the visible light emitted by the star.
c. has a wavelength that is shorter than the x-rays emitted by the star.
d. a and b
e. b and c
50. The sun creates its energy by the process of
a. nuclear fission.
b. nuclear fusion.
c. convection.
d. conduction.
e. radiation.
51. Most of the light we see coming from the sun originates in the
a. chromosphere.
b. photosphere.
c. corona.
d. sunspots.
e. magnetic field.
52. What are the three layers of the Sun's atmosphere, in order of increasing distance from the surface?
a. Corona, chromosphere, photosphere
b. Photosphere, corona, chromosphere
c. Photosphere, chromosphere, corona
d. Chromosphere, photosphere, corona
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53. Differential rotation of the sun
a. causes the heating in the chromosphere and corona that makes them hotter than the
photosphere.
b. is caused by the magnetic dynamo inside the sun.
c. implies that the equatorial regions of the sun rotate more rapidly than the polar regions.
d. causes the sunspots to migrate slowly from the equator toward the poles as the sun rotates.
e. implies that the sun's southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere rotate in opposite
directions.
54. Sunspots are dark because
a. regions of the photosphere are obscured by material in the chromosphere.
b. shock waves move through the photosphere.
c. the sun rotates differentially.
d. the strong magnetic field inhibits the currents of hot gas rising from below.
e. they radiate their energy into space faster than the rest of the photosphere.
55. ____________ is (are) produced by atomic transitions in the presence of a strong magnetic field.
a. Differential rotation
b. Granules
c. The Zeeman effect
d. Spicules
e. The coronal hole
56. Astronomers can use ________________ to measure magnetic fields on the sun.
a. helioseismology
b. perchloroethylene (C2Cl4)
c. neutrino detectors
d. a magnetic carpet
e. the Zeeman effect
57. The ________________ occurs when a rapidly rotating conductor is stirred by convection to
produce a magnetic field.
a. dynamo effect
b. Zeeman effect
c. Babcock effect
d. proton-proton chain
e. aurora
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58. The corona and chromosphere of the sun are believed to be heated by
a. shock waves rising from below the photosphere.
b. the solar wind.
c. sunspots.
d. high energy particles being accelerated by the sun’s magnetic field.
e. differential rotation.
59. The chromosphere of the sun
a. is hotter than the photosphere.
b. appears yellow-white in color during total solar eclipse.
c. is the visible surface of the sun.
d. produces an absorption spectrum.
e. all of the above
60. Sunspots are known to be magnetic phenomena because
a. Doppler shifts in spectral lines are observed.
b. the Zeeman effect is observed in sunspots.
c. collisional broadening is observed in spectral lines.
d. infrared observations indicate that the sunspots are cooler than their surroundings.
e. observations during eclipses reveal a very extensive photosphere.
61. The sunspot cycle affects
I. the latitude at which sunspots are visible at a given time.
II. the number of sunspots that are visible at a given time.
III. the rotation rate of the sun's equator at a given time.
IV. the magnetic polarity of the sunspots at a given time.
a. I & II
b. I & IV
c. II & III
d. I, II & III
e. I, II, & IV
62. The sun's magnetic field is evident in the looped shapes of
a. solar flares.
b. sunspots.
c. the corona.
d. granules.
e. prominences.
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63. Much of the solar wind comes from _________________ where the magnetic field does not loop
back into the sun.
a. prominences
b. coronal holes
c. spicules
d. granulation
e. auroras
64. The _______ is (are) the hot gases that are the moving extension of the sun's corona.
a. spicules
b. prominences
c. flares
d. supergranules
e. solar wind
65. _______________ about 130 km above Earth’s surface when energy in the solar wind guided by
Earths magnetic field excites gases in the upper atmosphere.
a. Coronas occur
b. Flares occur
c. Auroras occur
d. Coronal holes occur
e. Nuclear fission occurs
66. Granulation is caused by
a. sunspots.
b. rising gas below the photosphere.
c. shock waves in the corona.
d. the solar wind flowing away from the corona.
e. the heating in the chromosphere.
67. Which of the following is evidence that convection occurs in the layers just below the sun's
photosphere?
a. Sunspots appear to be cooler than their surroundings.
b. Solar prominences lift large loops of gas into the chromosphere and corona.
c. The solar wind emits large numbers of charged particles.
d. The sun rotates differentially.
e. The centers of granules are hot and moving away from the center of the sun.
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68. What is the explanation for the pattern of granulation seen on the visible surface of the Sun?
a. The granules form the base of a circulation pattern that extends from the photosphere to the
outer corona.
b. The granules are regions of nuclear energy generation in the Sun's photosphere.
c. Each granule contains a strong magnetic field, which compresses and heats the gas underneath
it.
d. The granules are the tops of hot gas that have risen from the Sun's convective zone.
69. The gas motions within granules on the solar surface are
a. upward in the centers of some cells and downward in others; the gas cools as it passes between
individual granules.
b. actually motionless. The dark regions are absorption features from gases in the photosphere.
c. upward in the bright cell centers and downward around the darker edges.
d. downward in the bright cell centers and upward around the darker edges.
70. The diagram at the right shows a plot of
the temperature of the sun as a function of
distance above the bottom of the
photosphere. At what distance above the
bottom of the photosphere is the
temperature of the sun the smallest?
a. 1000 km
b. 2300 km
c. 2500 km to 4000 km
d. 500 km
e. a and c
4000
3000
Distance
2000
(km)
1000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
Temperature (K)
71. A recent sunspot maximum occurred in 2001, what is the year of the sunspot maximum that
immediately follows the 2001 maximum if the solar cycle continues?
a. 2006 or 2007
b. 2012
c. 2018
d. 2023
e. the last cycle started a Maunder minimum and the next maximum cannot be predicted.
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72. A ___________ is believed to occur when energy, stored in a twist in the solar magnetic field above
a sunspot, is suddenly released.
a. solar flare
b. supergranule
c. spicule
d. coronal hole
e. none of the above
73. Sunspots
a. are cooler than their surroundings.
b. are regions where material is rising from below the photosphere.
c. are the result of convection.
d. produce spicules.
e. are generally found near the poles of the sun during sunspot maximum.
74. The United States consumes 2.5×1019 J of energy each year. A typical solar flare releases 5.0×1024 J
of energy. How many years could we run the United States on the energy released by this solar flare
if all of the released energy could be used?
a. 5×10-6 years
b. 200,000 years
c. 1.25×1044 years
d. about 12 years
e. 500 years
True-False Questions
1. 300 nm light has a lower frequency than 500 nm light.
2. X-rays easily penetrate Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground from space.
3. Reflecting telescopes are no longer popular with astronomers because they are expensive and
suffer from chromatic aberration.
4. The sidereal drive on a telescope mounting must turn the telescope eastward about the polar
axis.
5. One of the advantages of charge-coupled devices over photographic plates is that a CCD can
record bright and faint objects on the same exposure.
6. Most of the visible light from the sun originates in the photosphere.
7. In the sun, rising currents of hot gas below the photosphere cause granulation.
8. The chromosphere of the sun has a higher temperature than the photosphere.
9. The Zeeman effect shows that sunspots contain magnetic fields.
10. Sunspots are hotter than the photosphere.
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11. Solar flares have no known effect on Earth.
12. Solar prominences have twisted and looped shapes because of the solar magnetic field.
13. The Sun appears to rotate only because the Earth is revolving about the Sun.
14. The element most abundant in the Sun is oxygen.
Essay Questions
1. How does the atmosphere limit observations made from Earth's surface?
2. Why would radio astronomers prefer the far side of the moon for their observatory?
3. Why must telescopes that observe in the far infrared be cooled?
4. List 3 advantages that the Hubble Space Telescope has over ground-based telescopes.
5. What is the solar wind, and how does it affect objects in the solar system?
6. What effect does solar activity have on Earth?
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North
write the name of the constellation in the line nearest to the constellation and any star in it that
we have chosen for you to know.
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North write the name of the constellation in the line nearest to the constellation and any star
in it that we have chosen for you to know.
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North write the name of the constellation in the line nearest to the constellation and any star
in it that we have chosen for you to know .
Based on this table which stars can you see with an unaided eye?
Write your answers below in any order.
THE END
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Answers to Multiple choice questions
1
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
2
12
22
32
42
52
62
72
3
13
23
33
43
53
63
73
4
14
24
34
44
54
64
74
5
15
25
35
45
55
65
6
16
26
36
46
56
66
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17
27
37
47
57
67
8
18
28
38
48
58
68
9
19
29
39
49
59
69
10
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30
40
50
60
70
Answers to True/False questions || Answers to 6 Essay questions on the back of this sheet||
To the right of the T/F answers list the stars you can see
with the unaided eye. Recall the stars must be visible at 48oN.
1
11
2
12
3
13
4
14
5
6
7
8
9
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1st Salem State University 1st PHS 207 Astronomy test Feb. 11, 2013 22 of 22 pages
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