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Why does a sunflower appear yellow to the human eye?
Why does a sunflower appear yellow to the human eye?
- It refracts yellow light, concentrating it towards the observer.
- It transmits yellow light while absorbing all other colors.
- It absorbs all colors of light except yellow, which is reflected. (correct)
- It emits yellow light due to its internal chemical reactions.
Compared to blue light, visible red light is characterized by having a ______ wavelength and carrying ______ energy per photon.
Compared to blue light, visible red light is characterized by having a ______ wavelength and carrying ______ energy per photon.
- longer; less (correct)
- shorter; less
- longer; more
- shorter; more
Which of the following best describes radio waves?
Which of the following best describes radio waves?
- A type of spectrum created by cooling gases.
- A form of light with long wavelengths and low frequencies. (correct)
- A stream of particles emitted by radioactive decay.
- A form of sound that can travel through a vacuum.
How does the size and mass of an atomic nucleus typically compare to the atom as a whole?
How does the size and mass of an atomic nucleus typically compare to the atom as a whole?
If you heat a solid rock to a high temperature until it glows, what kind of spectrum would you observe?
If you heat a solid rock to a high temperature until it glows, what kind of spectrum would you observe?
Which type of spectrum is most useful for determining the chemical composition of a distant gas cloud in space?
Which type of spectrum is most useful for determining the chemical composition of a distant gas cloud in space?
Compared to the Sun, a star whose thermal radiation spectrum peaks in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum would most likely be:
Compared to the Sun, a star whose thermal radiation spectrum peaks in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum would most likely be:
Two stars are separated in the sky by an angle of 0.1 arcseconds. If you observe them with a telescope that has an angular resolution of 0.5 arcseconds, what will you see?
Two stars are separated in the sky by an angle of 0.1 arcseconds. If you observe them with a telescope that has an angular resolution of 0.5 arcseconds, what will you see?
Why can the Hubble Space Telescope achieve higher resolution images compared to most ground-based telescopes?
Why can the Hubble Space Telescope achieve higher resolution images compared to most ground-based telescopes?
Which of the following types of electromagnetic radiation is most difficult, or impossible, to observe from the Earth's surface?
Which of the following types of electromagnetic radiation is most difficult, or impossible, to observe from the Earth's surface?
What is the primary reason for building larger ground-based telescopes?
What is the primary reason for building larger ground-based telescopes?
Which of the following is the largest terrestrial planet in our solar system?
Which of the following is the largest terrestrial planet in our solar system?
Which of the following is the largest Jovian planet in our solar system?
Which of the following is the largest Jovian planet in our solar system?
Approximately how many planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in the same direction (counter-clockwise as viewed from above Earth's North Pole) as Earth?
Approximately how many planets in our solar system orbit the Sun in the same direction (counter-clockwise as viewed from above Earth's North Pole) as Earth?
On average, which of the following types of objects would be found closest to the Sun?
On average, which of the following types of objects would be found closest to the Sun?
Which type of planet in our solar system generally has more moons?
Which type of planet in our solar system generally has more moons?
What is the most abundant element found in the Sun and the planet Jupiter?
What is the most abundant element found in the Sun and the planet Jupiter?
Approximately what percentage of the solar nebula, which formed our solar system, was composed of hydrogen and helium?
Approximately what percentage of the solar nebula, which formed our solar system, was composed of hydrogen and helium?
Which of the following processes did NOT occur during the collapse of the solar nebula?
Which of the following processes did NOT occur during the collapse of the solar nebula?
Where are leftover icy bodies (chunks) from the formation of the solar system most likely to be found?
Where are leftover icy bodies (chunks) from the formation of the solar system most likely to be found?
Flashcards
What is visible light?
What is visible light?
A type of electromagnetic radiation, possessing properties of both waves and particles, that we can see.
What are the properties of visible red light?
What are the properties of visible red light?
Electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths and lower energy than blue light.
What are radio waves?
What are radio waves?
A form of electromagnetic radiation with the longest wavelengths and lowest frequencies.
What is an atomic nucleus?
What is an atomic nucleus?
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What is a thermal radiation spectrum?
What is a thermal radiation spectrum?
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What is an Absorption Line Spectra?
What is an Absorption Line Spectra?
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What are Emission Line Spectra?
What are Emission Line Spectra?
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What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
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What is the primary reason to build a larger ground based telescope?
What is the primary reason to build a larger ground based telescope?
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What is X-ray radiation?
What is X-ray radiation?
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Which is the largest terrestrial planet?
Which is the largest terrestrial planet?
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Which is the largest Jovian planet?
Which is the largest Jovian planet?
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What is Hydrogen?
What is Hydrogen?
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What is the crust?
What is the crust?
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What is the most effective property of a planet on its level of volcanic and tectonic activity?
What is the most effective property of a planet on its level of volcanic and tectonic activity?
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Where is the majority of Earth's released carbon from volcanic eruptions stored?
Where is the majority of Earth's released carbon from volcanic eruptions stored?
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What can we conclude if a planet has few impact craters?
What can we conclude if a planet has few impact craters?
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What is Nitrogen?
What is Nitrogen?
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What is the Troposphere?
What is the Troposphere?
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What is the Greenhouse effect?
What is the Greenhouse effect?
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Study Notes
- Yellow color in a sunflower is due to the reflection of yellow light.
- Visible red light exhibits a longer wavelength and more energetic photons compared to blue light.
- Radio waves are a form of light.
- The atomic nucleus is very small, but has most of the mass, compared to an atom as a whole.
- Heating a rock until it glows produces a thermal radiation spectrum.
- Emission line spectra and absorption line spectra are useful for determining the chemical composition of a gas cloud in space.
- A star with a thermal spectrum peaking in the infrared is cooler, compared to the Sun.
- Two stars separated by 0.1 arcsecond, when viewed through a telescope with 0.5 arcsecond resolution, appear as one fuzzy point of light, due to the blurring together of both stars.
- The Hubble Space Telescope achieves higher resolution images due to its location above the Earth's atmosphere.
- Observing objects in space using X-ray wavelengths is impossible to do from the ground.
- The primary reason for building a larger ground-based telescope is to gather more light, enabling the observation of fainter objects.
- Earth is the largest terrestrial planet.
- Jupiter is the largest Jovian planet.
- All planets orbit the Sun in the same direction that Earth does.
- Asteroids are, on average, found closest to the Sun among asteroids, Jovian planets and comets.
- Jovian planets generally possess more moons compared to terrestrial planets.
- Hydrogen is the most abundant ingredient in both the Sun and Jupiter.
- The solar nebula was composed of approximately 98% hydrogen and helium.
- Nuclear fusion in the core of Jupiter did not occur during the collapse of the solar nebula.
- Leftover icy chunks from the solar system's formation are mostly found in the Kuiper Belt.
- The solar system is about 4.5 billion years old.
- Collisions during formation are the primary source of Earth's inner heat energy.
- A planet's size has the largest effect on its level of volcanic and tectonic activity.
- The crust is the rigid outer layer of a planet.
- Very few impact craters on a planet's surface suggests that other geological processes have wiped out craters over time.
- Nitrogen is the main gas making up Earth's atmosphere.
- The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere where the greenhouse effect mostly happens.
- Water vapor is considered a greenhouse gas.
- Greenhouse gas molecules uniquely allow visible light to pass through but strongly absorb infrared light.
- Light gasses like hydrogen and helium are most likely to be lost due to thermal escape.
- Most of the carbon dioxide released from volcanic eruptions on Earth is dissolved into the oceans and trapped in rocks formed on the ocean floor.
- Photosynthesis from life causes the release of oxygen into Earth's atmosphere.
- The interior of a planet getting heated up is not a direct effect of Earth having a global magnetic field.
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