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Astro 10 Light

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Radio waves and visible light are both types of EM radiation. What about them is the same?

a)

Speed

b)

Wavelength

c)

Frequency

d)

Energy

2.

As the frequency of EM radiation increases, what happens to the wavelength?

a)

Increases

b)

Stays the same

c)

Decreases

d)

Not enough information to tell

3.

Which color of visible light has the shortest wavelength?

a)

Red

b)

Green

c)

Blue

d)

Violet

4.

All objects naturally give off EM radiation. What does the radiation of colder objects look like?

a)

Redder and dimmer

b)

Redder and brighter

c)

Bluer and dimmer

d)

Bluer and brighter

5.

The hottest stars are always...

a)

Blue

b)

Large

c)

Bright

d)

Visible

6.

Hydrogen has 4 absorption lines and helium has 6 absorption lines. If a star has ONLY hydrogen and helium in its spectrum, how many spectral lines would it have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

10

7.

The temperature of a star determines its ________.

a)

Color

b)

Luminosity

c)

Type

d)

Size

8.

All of a star's absorption lines are more blue than we would expect. What does that tell us about the star?

a)

The star is hotter than it should be.

b)

The star is cooler than it should be.

c)

The star is moving towards Earth.

d)

The star is moving away from Earth.

9.

All of a star's absorption lines are more red than we would expect. What does that tell us about the star?

a)

The star is hotter than it should be.

b)

The star is cooler than it should be.

c)

The star is moving towards Earth.

d)

The star is moving away from Earth.

10.

What kind of spectrum would a gas cloud have, given that there is a star nearby but not along the line of sight?

a)

Emission

b)

Absorption

c)

Continuous

d)

Absorption and Continuous

11.

A blackbody that is a hotter temperature than another blackbody will produce...

a)

More blue light, less red light

b)

More red light, less blue light

c)

More light at all wavelengths

d)

Less light at all wavelengths