Plasmas/Plasma objects/Nucleosynthesis/Quiz

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This picture of the star formation region NGC 3582 was taken using the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. Credit: ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and Joe DePasquale.

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1 Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with green astronomy?

photographs of the planet Venus taken in 1999
Alpha Centauri A
ionization cones
a moderately intense aluminum line at 5593.302 Å
a xenon emission line at 541.915 nm
the lithium beta line

2 True or False, Some observed properties of the Sun still defy explanation, such as the degree of Li depletion: the solar Li abundance is roughly a factor of 200 below the meteoritic abundance. This has been confirmed using the lithium 555.2 nm line.

TRUE
FALSE

3 A laboratory solution to the discrepancy between the Spite plateau abundance and the predicted value of the primordial lithium abundance is lithium depletion through?

4 True or False, Boron has an emission line in the yellow.

TRUE
FALSE

5 A possible solution to the discrepancy between the Spite plateau abundance and the predicted value of the primordial lithium abundance is lithium depletion through?

6 True or False, Beryllium has an emission line in the cyan.

TRUE
FALSE

7 Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena usually associated with lithium emission?

a green emission line
nucleosynthesis
an orange line at 610.3 nm
the Spite plateau
lithium-drifted silicon detectors
the Fraunhofer E line
asymptotic supergiant branch
an infrared line at 812.6 nm

8 True or False, Lithium has an emission line in the blue.

TRUE
FALSE

9 Which of the following is not a phenomenon usually associated with solar wanderers?

green aurora
oxygen
production of 7Be
carbon or C2
airglow
nitrogen
olivine

10 True or False, Beryllium has an emission line in the blue.

TRUE
FALSE

11 Radiation astronomy may help to detect what type of astronomical object?

a stellar class M dwarf
the hydrogen Balmer alpha line
the photosphere of the Sun
extrasolar planets
lithium
the CMB

12 True or False, Of some 824 red giant stars, lithium is detected in several stars.

TRUE
FALSE

13 Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with red astronomy?

a stellar class M dwarf
the hydrogen Balmer alpha line
the photosphere of the Sun
an emission with a wavelength of 618 nm
lithium
"cometary knots"

14 True or False, Lithium has an orange line at about 671 nm.

TRUE
FALSE

15 Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with green astronomy?

a stellar class G dwarf
the hydrogen Balmer beta line
the photosphere of the Sun
an emission with a wavelength of 618 nm
"ionization cones"
boron ion emission

16 True or False, Boron has an emission line in the blue.

TRUE
FALSE

17 Phenomena associated with some brown dwarfs are which of the following?

lithium
a temperature well below the stellar range
methane absorption
the lithium test
X-rays
T dwarfs

18 True or False, Beryllium has an emission line in the orange.

TRUE
FALSE

19 Infrared astronomy has really helped to detect what type of astronomical object?

a stellar class G dwarf
the hydrogen Balmer alpha line
the photosphere of the Sun
extrasolar planets
lithium
the CMB

20 True or False, Boron has an emission line in the cyan.

TRUE
FALSE

21 Complete the text:

The standard solar models have enjoyed tremendous success recently in terms of agreement between the predicted

and the results from

but some

of the Sun still defy explanation, such as the degree of

depletion.

22 Yes or No, Beryllium has an emission line in the yellow.

Yes
No

23 Which of the following is not a characteristic of meteoritic lithium abundance?

light elements may have been formed by the irradiation of interstellar matter
closely matches the solar abundance
not diminished by nucleosynthesis
not destroyed by nuclear fission reactions
may have been produced by cosmic-ray spallation

24 Which of the following is not a characteristic of green astronomy?

boron
wavelength range of 495-570 nm
chlorophyll
greenstones
phytoplankton


Hypotheses

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  1. Nucleosynthesis occurs above the surface of the Sun.

See also

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