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