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