• Question 1

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If star A has 4 times the temperature of star B, how much more energy is star A outputting?

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer: 256
Answer range +/- 0 (256.0 - 256.0)
• Question 2
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The number of wavelengths that pass by each second is called the __________.
Selected Answer: [None Given]
Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match frequency

• Question 3
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When there are missing colours seen as dark lines on a spectrum they are called

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
absorption spectrum
continuous spectrum
emission lines
none of these
emission spectrum
• Question 4
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White light undergoes _________ when passing through a prism.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
dispersion
refraction
reflection
bending
subversion
 Question 5
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Light can act as a particle or a wave.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers: True
False
• Question 6
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A continuous spectrum is

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
a spectrum of all the wavelengths in the rainbow
none of these answers
a band with most of the colours
A solid line of one colour
A solid black band
• Question 7
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Opposite charges [x], while like charges [y].
Specified Answer for: x [None Given]
Specified Answer for: y [None Given]

Correct Answers for: x

Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match attract

Correct Answers for: y

Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match repel

• Question 8
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If a star gives off radiation at 423 nm, what is its temperature?

Round your answer to 1 decimal place.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer: 7,092.2 ± 0
 Question 9
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When an atom gains the energy to move into a higher energy orbit it is called

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers: jumping
upper movement

excitation
leaping orbits
radiation
• Question 10
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When we say that light is being ________ it means that the light is bent while passing from one medium to
another.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match refracted

• Question 11
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All radiation is visible

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers: True
False
• Question 12
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The simplest atom is

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers: helium

hydrogen
carbon
argon
an alpha particle
 Question 13
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Electrons orbiting a nucleus

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
need specific amounts of energy to move from one orbit to another
can move however they please as long as there is incoming energy
always stay in the same orbit
orbit the nucleus until they crash into it
none of these options
• Question 14
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When an electron is ionized it

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
gains enough energy to leave the orbits surrounding the nucleus
turns into a positron
becomes an isotope
is pulled into the nucleus and destroyed, letting off a flash of light
bonds to a new nucleus
• Question 15
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Visible light takes up most of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers: True
False
 Question 16
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An emission spectrum is a pattern of

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
bright lines against a black background
black lines against a continuous spectrum background
bright lines of a single colour specifying the emission type
coloured lines against a white background
all the colours of the rainbow
• Question 17
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When an electron moves from an excited state back to a ground state it

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
emits radiation
emits sound
becomes damaged
becomes a neutron
absorbs radiation
• Question 18
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We call a light particle a _________.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match photon

 Question 19
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An object omits radiation at a wavelength of 623.6 nm, but we observe the wavelength of emission
to be 624.3. How fast is the object moving toward or away from us?

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers: 336,377 m/s towards us

336,377 m/s away from us us

336,754 m/s away from us

336,754 m/s towards us
We cannot determine this.
• Question 20
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The electron is

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
negatively charged
positively charged
the nucleus
the same size as a proton
neutral
• Question 21
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In astronomy, the Doppler effect is used to see if planetary bodies are moving towards or away from
us. If they are approaching us we would obverse a

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
blueshift
a decrease in frequency
greenshift
pastel pink shift
redshift
 Question 22
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Electromagnetic radiation gets _______ as it moves away from its source.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Answers:
weaker
slower
more intense
lower in frequency
brighter
• Question 23
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From longest to shortest wavelengths, order the following types of electromagnetic radiation.

Answers Selected Answer

1. [None Given]
radio

2. [None Given]
microwave

3. [None Given]
infrared

4. [None Given]
visible

5. [None Given]
Ultraviolet

6. [None Given]
X-ray

7. [None Given]
Gamma
• Question 24
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If 11 waves take 13 seconds to hit the shore, what is the frequency of the waves?

Round your answer to one decimal place.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer: 0.8 ± 0
 Question 25
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By studying the light from distant objects, we can deduce information such as (pick all that apply)

Selected Answers: [None Given]

Answers:
the elements in a source

the temperature of a source

the relative speed between us and a source

none of these answers
• Question 26
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The ____________ of a source determines the type of radiation emitted.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match temperature

• Question 27
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A _________ is a device used to disperse light and form a spectrum.

Selected Answer: [None Given]

Correct Answer:
Evaluation Method Correct Answer Case Sensitivity

Exact Match spectrometer

Exact Match spectroscope