Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 01
Started
8/25/14 12:31 PM
Submitted
8/25/14 12:39 PM
Status
Completed
7 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
If you enlarge the pinhole, does the image
Selected Answer:
become brighter
Correct Answer:
become brighter
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The path of light going from water to air
Selected Answer:
is reversible
Correct Answer:
is reversible
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The velocity of light in a uniform glass medium
Selected Answer:
is constant
Correct Answer:
is constant
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
When you view an object with a pinhole scope, the object is inverted. If you rotate the scope 180 degrees, the image is
Selected Answer:
still inverted
Correct Answer:
still inverted
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
The path of white light in a uniform medium
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
If you punched three holes in the foil of the scope, how many images do you see in the viewer?
Selected Answer:
three
Correct Answer:
three
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
If we consider the human eye as a pinhole camera with the image of an arrow projected on the back of the eye (the "retina"),
the image would be
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
If the Sun's light were to be extinguished at this moment, in what time would we know about it if were were on Venus? (The
distance to the Sun is 1.5 x 108 km)
Selected Answer:
in some minutes
Correct Answer:
in some minutes
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The path of light in a glass medium
Selected Answer:
is straight
Correct Answer:
is straight
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The velocity of white light in a uniform transparent medium
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 02
Started
9/4/14 6:18 PM
Submitted
9/4/14 6:35 PM
Status
Completed
16 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A beam of light incident on a flat water surface reflects from the mirror-like surface so that the angle of incidence equals the
angle of reflection. The water is wavy. Would individual light beams (individual photons, for example) obey the law of reflection
in this case?
Selected Answer:
Yes
Correct Answer:
Yes
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
If a lens has chromatic aberration, the focal length of red and blue light is
Selected Answer:
changed
Correct Answer:
changed
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A beam of red light is incident on a glass plate passes the glass/air boundary. What does not change?
Selected Answer:
energy
Correct Answer:
energy
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A beam of light is traveling in air and crosses into glass. As the light crosses the air/glass boundary, which of the following
occurs?
Question 5
Selected Answer:
a change in wavelength
Correct Answer:
a change in wavelength
1 out of 1 points
A beam of red light is traveling in a glass and crosses into air. As the light crosses the boundary, which of the following occurs?
Selected Answer:
a change in wavelength
Correct Answer:
a change in wavelength
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A beam of blue light in air is incident on a glass plate. Will the beam transmitted through the glass plate emerge parallel to the
incident beam?
Selected Answer:
Yes
Correct Answer:
Yes
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
If a lens has chromatic aberration, the focal length of red light compared to that of blue light
Selected Answer:
is different
Correct Answer:
is different
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A beam of light, incident on a flat water surface, reflects from the mirror-like surface so that the angle of incidence equals the
angle of reflection. The water has waves. Would individual light beams obey the law of reflection in this case?
Selected Answer:
Yes
Correct Answer:
Yes
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
If the focal length of red light is different from that of blue light, the lens has
Selected Answer:
chromatic aberration
Correct Answer:
chromatic aberration
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
In order to see an object it must
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 03
Started
9/9/14 1:28 PM
Submitted
9/9/14 1:39 PM
Status
Completed
11 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
One disadvantage of using a Fresnel plastic lens over that of a standard quartz convex lens is
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
If you have a light source a distance from a concave lens and you project the image on a sheet of paper, does the image appear
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
If the incident rays are diverging as they come to the lens,as compared to the case the parallel incident rays,
the focal point is
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
The weight of the lens is one advantage of using a Fresnel plastic lens of the same focal length over that of a:
Question 5
Selected Answer:
convex lens
Correct Answer:
convex lens
1 out of 1 points
If you have two convex lenses with different magnification, which has the larger curvature?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
If you have a light source a distance from a convex lens and you project the image on a sheet of paper, does the image appear
Selected Answer:
inverted
Correct Answer:
inverted
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A virtual image is
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
If you have two convex lenses with different curvatures, which has the greater curvature?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The magnification of a convex lens compared to a Fresnel lens:
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A concave lens is used. Will the image appear
Selected Answer:
different
Correct Answer:
different
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 04
Started
9/16/14 7:23 PM
Submitted
9/16/14 7:31 PM
Status
Completed
7 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Light can be described as having wave-like behavior and
Selected Answer:
particle-like behavior
Correct Answer:
particle-like behavior
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
An electron gaining energy describes:
Selected Answer:
photon absorption
Correct Answer:
photon absorption
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A photon is emitted (created) with?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
An electron losing energy describes:
Selected Answer:
photon creation
Correct Answer:
photon creation
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A gamma ray is part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Compared to photons of X-rays, a gamma ray has?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Microwaves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Compared to photons of visible light, a microwave has?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A photon is absorbed and vanishes (or dies) with?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following CANNOT be described as a "photon"?
Selected Answer:
compressive wave
Correct Answer:
compressive wave
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An electron and positron can recombine with each other and create
Selected Answer:
a photon
Correct Answer:
a photon
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following CANNOT be described as a "photon"?
Selected Answer:
sound wave.
Correct Answer:
sound wave.
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 05
Started
9/23/14 6:23 PM
Submitted
9/23/14 6:34 PM
Status
Completed
10 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
When white light is incident on glass about 4% of the incident light is reflected from the air/glass interface (you can see
yourself in a shop window as you walk past). Would some of the red light also be reflected?
Selected Answer:
Yes
Correct Answer:
Yes
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
In the electromagnetic spectrum, as the energy of the radiation increases from radio waves to x-rays, the wavelength
Selected Answer:
decreases
Correct Answer:
decreases
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Colored light may have a dominant wavelength or
Selected Answer:
hue
Correct Answer:
hue
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following colors could not be represented by a single wavelength of light?
Question 5
Selected Answer:
purple
Correct Answer:
purple
1 out of 1 points
A wavelength of blue light is 450 nanometers (nm). Is this wavelength longer or shorter than a wavelength of red light?
Selected Answer:
shorter
Correct Answer:
shorter
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
In the electromagnetic spectrum, as the energy of the radiation increases from radio waves to x-rays, the velocity
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What colors are used in a T.V. color monitor?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Representing visible light by waves, the wavelength is
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
In the electromagnetic spectrum of visible light, the shortest wavelength is associated with violet, the longest with
Selected Answer:
red
Correct Answer:
red
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A single photon of one color differs from a photon of another color only by its
Selected Answer:
energy
Correct Answer:
energy
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 06
Started
9/30/14 7:28 PM
Submitted
9/30/14 7:35 PM
Status
Completed
7 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
A rainbow not only refracts and disperses light it also
Selected Answer:
reflects
Correct Answer:
reflects
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
When you have two rainbows, the outer ring of the second (outer) rainbow is
Selected Answer:
blue
Correct Answer:
blue
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
As light is reflected from raindrops, each color emerges at
Selected Answer:
a different angle
Correct Answer:
a different angle
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
When light encounters a boundary between two transparent materials with different indices of refraction, some of the light is
transmitted and some is
Question 5
Selected Answer:
reflected
Correct Answer:
reflected
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The observer's shadow is the center of the arc of the
Selected Answer:
rainbow
Correct Answer:
rainbow
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
If you are admiring a raindrop with a friend you are each seeing
Selected Answer:
a different rainbow
Correct Answer:
a different rainbow
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
The preferential scattering of blue light causes the sky to be blue and the sunsets red. If the scattering by air molecules
anddust was independent of wavelength (no preferential scattering) the color of the sky would be
Selected Answer:
white
Correct Answer:
white
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
If red (instead of blue) light was preferentially scattered, the sunsets would appear
Selected Answer:
blue
Correct Answer:
blue
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
If we observe a rainbow when sunlight shines on rain, why don't we see a complete rainbow circle?
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 07
Started
10/8/14 10:48 PM
Submitted
10/8/14 10:56 PM
Status
Completed
8 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Preferential scattering is called Rayleigh Scattering when it is proportional to
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
In thin-film interference with a transparent film, as the film thickness increases many-fold, the reflected colors fromincident
white light become
Selected Answer:
white
Correct Answer:
white
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The colors seen in thin silicon oxide layers on silicon are due to
Selected Answer:
interference
Correct Answer:
interference
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
The sky appears blue because of
Question 5
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
1 out of 1 points
blue
Correct Answer:
blue
Question 6
0 out of 1 points
True reflection of light from thin film exhibits various colors dependent on
Selected Answer:
[None Given]
Correct Answer:
film thickness
Question 7
0 out of 1 points
A single wavelength light beam incident on a thin film can have the reflected beam either reinforced diminished depending on
Selected Answer:
film thickness
Correct Answer:
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Compared to the dimensions of the wavelength of light,particles that preferentially scatter blue light are
Selected Answer:
smaller
Correct Answer:
smaller
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Light going from lower refractive index air to high refractive index glass has a phase change in the reflected beam of
Selected Answer:
one-half wavelength
Correct Answer:
one-half wavelength
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Light of one wavelength incident on a thin film will be reduced in reflection if the waves are
Selected Answer:
out of phase
Correct Answer:
out of phase
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 08
Started
10/16/14 6:39 PM
Submitted
10/16/14 6:50 PM
Status
Completed
10 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
If you take two polarizer films that are transparent to light and you cross them by 90 degrees, the pair will
Selected Answer:
become opaque
Correct Answer:
become opaque
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The polarizer can transform circularly polarized light into
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A pair of complementary colors are
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
White light can be produced by two colors.
Selected Answer:
Yes
Correct Answer:
Yes
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Selected Answer:
Yes
Correct Answer:
Yes
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
For light incident on a glass plate, the Brewster angle is about
Selected Answer:
56 degrees
Correct Answer:
56 degrees
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Circularly polarized light reflected at the Brewster angle from a flat sheet of glass will be
Selected Answer:
fully polarized
Correct Answer:
fully polarized
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
The energy levels in the electron transition leading to light emission differ by
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
The Polaroid film used in the optics kit and the lab absorbs
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The blue color from the sky is due to
Selected Answer:
scattering
Correct Answer:
scattering
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 09
Started
10/26/14 2:49 PM
Submitted
10/26/14 3:04 PM
Status
Completed
15 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
In solid silicon the outermost electrons are bound by energies of 1.1 eV. Light is absorbed in
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
In silicon the binding energies for the inner-most electrons are
Selected Answer:
1.8 eV
Correct Answer:
1.8 eV
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
If you wanted to change the color of a neon light, you would
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
If you observe line spectra, it means
Question 5
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
1 out of 1 points
light wavelength
Correct Answer:
light wavelength
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Light can be described by particle-like behavior or
Selected Answer:
wave-like behavior
Correct Answer:
wave-like behavior
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The light from a heated tungsten filament lies in the energy region on the
Selected Answer:
visible spectrum
Correct Answer:
visible spectrum
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Light can be emitted when electrons make the transition between two states. The photon energy is equal to
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A semiconductor light emitting diode (LED) is one where light is emitted when
Selected Answer:
current flows
Correct Answer:
current flows
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A photon energy of 2eV lies in
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
OK
Learning Modules
...
User
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 10
Started
10/28/14 9:25 PM
Submitted
10/28/14 9:32 PM
Status
Completed
6 minutes
Instructions
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
The energy of a photon in electron volts is given by the constant 1240 divided by
Selected Answer:
wavelength (nanometers)
Correct Answer:
wavelength (nanometers)
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Comparing the wave behavior of an electron and a photon, electron and X-ray diffraction
Selected Answer:
are similar
Correct Answer:
are similar
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
The emission of electrons by an excited atom
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 4
0 out of 1 points
Atoms that contain more electrons than that of hydrogen have inner most electrons that are
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Atoms that contain more electrons than hydrogen,have K-shell photon emissions compared to that of hydrogen
that are
Selected Answer:
larger
Correct Answer:
larger
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
When you consider the electormagnetic spectrum containg IR and UV light, both are emitted from
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
In the Bohr atom, the ionization energy is
Selected Answer:
13.58 eV
Correct Answer:
13.58 eV
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Balmer radiation refers to light emitted from an excited atom of
Selected Answer:
hydrogen
Correct Answer:
hydrogen
Question 9
0 out of 1 points
The energy of an electron in a vacuum
Selected Answer:
is constant
Correct Answer:
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The photon energy is given by Planck's constant h times to the
Selected Answer:
frequency
Correct Answer:
frequency
OK
...
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 11
Started
11/9/14 3:54 PM
Submitted
11/9/14 3:57 PM
Status
Completed
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
The reading for this week covers a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Which
of the four has the longest wavelength?
Selected Answer:
infrared (IR)
Correct Answer:
infrared (IR)
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
The amount of x-ray absorption per unit area exposed to the beam depends on
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
IR
Correct Answer:
IR
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
The wavelength to energy conversion is " the energy (eV) equals 1240 divided
by the wavelength " in wavelength units of?
Selected Answer:
nanometers
Correct Answer:
nanometers
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The reading for this week covers a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Which
of the four has the shortest wavelength?
Selected Answer:
X-ray
Correct Answer:
X-ray
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
The same thickness of iron and lead will absorb the same amount of X-rays.
Selected Answer:
no
Correct Answer:
no
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Photon absorption in solids depends on the number of electrons that can accept a
transfer of energy from the photon. Would youget about the same amount of absorption
of visible light in silicon and silicon dioxide?
Selected Answer:
no
Correct Answer:
no
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
OK
...
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 12
Started
11/10/14 7:42 PM
Submitted
11/10/14 7:45 PM
Status
Completed
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Resolution
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
270
Correct Answer:
270
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
van Leewenhoek
Correct Answer:
van Leewenhoek
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
0.01 centimeters
Correct Answer:
0.01 centimeters
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
70 microns
Correct Answer:
70 microns
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
focal point is on the same side of the lens from where the object is
placed
focal point is on the same side of the lens from where the object is
placed
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
70 microns
Correct Answer:
70 microns
OK
...
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 13
Started
11/17/14 12:24 PM
Submitted
11/17/14 12:29 PM
Status
Completed
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
In the SEM, the image is formed by a fine electron beam scanned over the sample. The
scan is called
Correct Answer:
raster
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
ease of use
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
in color
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
The limit on what size can be resolved - irrespective of instrument type is set by
Correct Answer:
wavelength
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The resolving power of electron microscopes is orders of magnitude better than that of
an optical microscope because the probing beam is orders of magnitude smaller in
terms of
Correct Answer:
wavelength
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
true
Question 8
0 out of 1 points
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
neither
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The three-dimensional appearance in the SEM of the specimen image is a direct result
of
Correct Answer:
OK
...
Jenna Marsh
Course
Test
Exercise 14
Started
12/4/14 12:17 PM
Submitted
12/4/14 12:25 PM
Status
Completed
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 2
0 out of 1 points
From the Images of Nature Techniques site, what is the range in microns of 1 MeV He
ions in mylar
Selected Answer:
20 microns
Correct Answer:
5 microns
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
From the Images of Nature Techniques site. the PIXE detectors are placed on a Liguid
Nitrogen cold finger for
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
yes
Correct Answer:
yes
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
both
Correct Answer:
both
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Comparing the beam size in the lectron microprobe with that in the x-ray luoresce
system, which has the smaller beam diameter
Selected Answer:
electron beam
Correct Answer:
electron beam
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
The remote sensing on Mars Sojourner Rover has a radioactive source the emits
Selected Answer:
alpha particles
Correct Answer:
alpha particles
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Correct Answer:
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
The moon in 1967 and Mars in 1997 and 2004 were bombarded by radioactive sources
in order to determine
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
OK