Exploring the Cosmos - Degree Exam 2007 - Life and Death of Stars (Part 1)
1. The Lyman series of hydrogen lines are in the __________ part of the spectrum.
ultraviolet
infrared
X-ray
visible
2. A star's spectral type is most closely related to its
temperature
radius
mass
luminosity
3. The sun's visible surface is called the
photosphere.
corona.
lithosphere.
chromosphere.
4. Hydrogen burning converts slightly less than __________ of the rest mass into energy.
1%
5%
10%
15%
5. A typical stellar velocity with respect to the sun would be of order
2 000 km per second.
2 km per second.
20 km per second.
200 km per second.
6. The sun's angular diameter is approximately
30 radians.
30 arcseconds.
30 arcminutes.
30 degrees.
7. The sun is a star of luminosity class
II
III
IV
V
8. Short period binaries are almost always
astrometric
visual
eclipsing
spectroscopic
9. The star Algol is a famous example of a binary system which is
spectroscopic
X-ray
astrometric
eclipsing
10. The luminosity of a main sequence star increases with its mass approximately to the power
4.5
1.5
2.5
3.5
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