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Midterm 2

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  1. 1The Hubble Space Telescope has made many incredible discoveries since its deployment in space. However, a serious problem was discovered shortly after its launch in 1990 that would prevent the telescope from working correctly until a repair mission could be undertaken. The problem that was discovered was that...
    1. Athe central computer onboard got caught in a loop and kept rebooting - preventing any type of useful research from happening.
    2. Bthe enormous shaking during launch knocked some of the cameras and detectors out of alignment with the telescope's focal plane and so they could not be used until a repair mission could be sent up to adjust the instruments.
    3. Cthe solar panels onboard were too small to supply adequate power to all the telescope's systems.
    4. Dthe super-sensitive high resolution spectrometer attached to the telescope didn't work.
    5. Ethe telescope's primary mirror was made in the wrong shape so images were out of focus
  2. 2Compared to optical telescopes, radio telescopes are built larger mostly due to the fact that
    1. Aatmospheric turbulence is more of a problem.
    2. Bthey're less expensive to make than optical telescopes.
    3. Cradio waves are absorbed to a large degree by the atmosphere.
    4. Dradio waves have very long wavelengths
    5. Ecosmic sources giving off radio waves are often very faint
  3. 3The James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, will have a 6 meter primary mirror composed of 36 hexagonal pieces and will observe the universe from a stable position about 1.5 million km from Earth.
    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
  4. 4In terms of their design, refractors have certain disadvantages that are not present in reflecting telescopes. Four of the statements below describe these disadvantages. Which of the following is NOT considered a disdadvantage in the design and use of refractors?
    1. ALenses are subject to chromatic aberration.
    2. BLenses absorb at least some light, while mirrors don't absorb any.
    3. CA lens must have two precision surfaces; a mirror needs only one.
    4. DLenses are harder to focus than mirrors.
    5. EHeavy lenses, which can only be supported at their edges, tend to deform under their own weight.
  5. 5The diagram below illustrates which type of reflecting telescope?
    1. Aa prime-focus reflector
    2. Ba Newtonian reflector
    3. Cnone of these answers are correct
    4. Da Cassegrain reflector
    5. Ea Nasmyth-Coude reflector
  6. 6Infrared astronomy is most effectly done from mountain-top observatories.
    1. AVerdadero
    2. BFalso
  7. 7Astronomers use the term _________________________ to describe the effects of atmospheric turbulence on the image that they collect with a telescope.
    1. A"seeing"
    2. B"transparency"
    3. C"clarity"
    4. D"dispersion"
    5. E"scatter"
  8. 8When a light ray moves into an optically denser material at an angle to the boundary, as shown below, the light ray will...
    1. Aslow down slightly and bend away from the normal in the denser medium
    2. Bspeed up slightly and bend toward the normal in the denser medium
    3. Ctravel straight through unchanged (light rays are not affected by the media that they travel through)
    4. Dslow down slightly and bend towards the normal in the denser medium
    5. Espeed up slightly and bend away from the normal in the denser medium
  9. 9 The twin Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea have been used to make many discoveries since their commisioning back in the early 1990s. Which of the following is considered to be one of their most important?
    1. Athe discovery of a liquid water ocean under the crust of Jupiter's moon Europa
    2. Bthe first direct image of a black hole
    3. Cthe discovery that the universe is expanding at an ever -accelerating rate
    4. Dthe first glimpse of the light echoes of the Big Bang
  10. 10Nasmyth/Coude reflecting telescopes are used in astronomy primarily because
    1. Athey can easily accomodate a variety of cameras, instruments and other detection equipment
    2. Bthey are less expensive to construct and maintain than other designs
    3. Cthey provide a sharper less-distorted image of celestial objects than other designs
    4. Dthey are compact in size and easy to transport to dark sky locations.
    5. Etheir design offers a wide field of view of the sky to the observer/camera/detector

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Test sobre Midterm 2 , creado por sara chacon el 13/11/2019.
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