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3. a continuous spectrum.
4. an absorbtion spectrum.
5. an emission spectrum.

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Two stars emit electromagnetic radiation.
The hotter star will
1. emit a continuous spectrum of waves.
2. have a higher average frequency of radiation.

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Atoms typically consist of electrons, protons,
and neutrons. The most common isotope of
one element, however, only has two of these
three types of particles.
This element is
1. helium.

3. radiate energy at more than one wavelength.

2. uranium.

4. emit more radiation at all wavelengths.

3. silicon.

5. All of these

4. carbon.

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An artist who likes working with sources of
light decides to make a random sculpture out
of electrified glass tubes that contain very
thin (rarified) neon gas. When the sculpture
is finished and the electricity is turned on, the
tubes glow with a richer red color.
What we are seeing is

5. hydrogen.
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Two versions of an element with different
numbers of neutrons are called
1. ions.
2. electron pairs.

1. a Doppler shift.
3. molecules.
2. All of these
4. isotopes.
3. an emission spectrum.
5. molecules.
4. a continuous spectrum.
5. an absorption spectrum.
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Astronomers observe a typical star using a
telescope and a spectrometer.
They will see

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Who first advanced the idea that atoms radiate energy only when their electrons move
from higher to lower energy levels?
1. Ernest Rutherford
2. Niels Bohr

1. a Doppler shift.
3. Albert Einstein
2. More than one of these
4. Christian Doppler

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5. J.J. Thomson
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Why do different types of atoms (elements)
give off or absorb different spectral lines?
1. In some elements, electrons can only move
to odd numbered levels; in others only to even
numbered ones.
2. The spacing of the energy levels is different in different atoms.
3. All elements have the same lines, but they
are Doppler shifted by different amounts.
4. In heavier elements, diffraction spreads
out the lines produced by the atom, making
the colors different.
5. Some atoms do not have a ground state,
while others have three or four.
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When an atom has lost one or more electrons,
it is said to be

4. The color of the wave involved shifts to

the red.
5. A photon is emitted.
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How do astronomers learn what elements are
present in a given star?
1. listen for coded signals in the radio waves
it emits in the FM band
2. send spacecrafts like Voyager to examine
its makeup from reasonably low altitudes
3. look at the absorption lines in its spectrum
4. compare visible-light photographs of the
star (taken with large telescopes) to those of
the Sun
5. observed the color of light dominating its
continuous spectrum
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Plancks constant relates

1. polarized.
2. ionized.
3. in its ground state.
4. excited.
5. red shifted.
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What happens as an electron falls from a
higher level to a lower level in an atom?
1. Nothing happens; electrons can only go
from a lower level to a higher level.
2. Another electron from the lower level
takes its place.
3. A photon is absorbed.

1. the energy emitted by a star to its temperature.

2. the frequency of the wave to its energy.
3. the energy of a wave to the number of photons in the nucleus of the atom that emitted
it.
4. the Doppler shift of a light source to its
speed.
5. the maximum energy emitted by a blackbody to its temperature.
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The picture below shows the spectrum gathered when light is passed through a gas of a
certain element.

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2. two
3. three
4. one
5. None of these

What do the dark vertical bands indicate?

1. Nothing special; the visible spectrum always contains several dark bands
2. Places where the experimenters couldnt
acquire data
3. Wavelengths of light that got scattered
away at some angle
4. Frequencies of light that were absorbed
by the atoms in the gas
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If a one-electron atom can occupy any of 5
different energy levels, how many lines might
appear in that atoms spectrum?
1. eight
2. ten
3. nine
4. seven
5. six
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Suppose a particular atom has only two allowable electron orbits.
How many different wavelength photons
(spectral lines) would result from all electron
transitions in this atom?
1. four

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In the Bohr model of the atom, what is true
about the light emitted by an atom?
1. None of these
2. The energy of the emitted photon is equal
to the difference in energy between the two
orbits.
3. The emitted photons frequency is the
classic frequency at which an electron vibrates.
4. An electron accelerating around its orbit
continuously emits radiation.
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At an astronomical conference, an astronomer
gave a report on a star that has recently begun
to interest astronomers because of hints that
it may have a planet around it. In his report
the astronomer gave the average speed with
which this star is moving away from the Sun.
How was this speed measured?
1. by observing the Doppler shift in the lines
of the stars spectrum
2. by observing how the luminosity of the
star has decreased as it moves farther and
farther away
3. by observing that the whole star became
much redder than it used to be
4. by measuring the diameter of the star
(which is easy to do) and noticing that it is
getting smaller and smaller
5. There is no way to measure the speed

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The astronomer who, at the turn of the century, measured the spectra of hundreds of
thousands of stars (leaving a catalog that astronomers used for the rest of the century)
was
1. James Lick.
2. Edwin Hubble.

5. 5000 nm
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A plot of the continuous spectra of five different stars is shown.
A
B

Intensity

with which stars move away from or toward

us.

C
D
E

3. Joseph Fraunhofer.
Wavelength

4. Cecilia Payne.
5. Annie Cannon.

Based on these spectra, which of the stars

is the hottest?

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Which of the following can astronomers NOT
learn from studying the spectrum of a star?

1. Star A

1. whether it is a main sequence, giant, or

supergiant star

3. Star C

2. Star E

2. whether it is rotating slow or fast

4. Star D

3. its motion toward or away from us

5. Star B

4. its surface temperature

5. All of these can be learned from studying
the spectrum.
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Transition A produces light with a wavelength of 370 nm. Transition B involves involves twice as much energy as A.
What wavelength light does it produce?
1. 1250 nm

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In the diagram

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Energy levels of an Atom

12 3 4
Level 1
Nucleus

Level 5

Level 4
Level 3
Level 2

2. 500 nm
3. 250 nm
4. 125 nm

which of the transitions would absorb a photon with the smallest energy?

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1. Transition 1
2. Transition 3

3. Transition 4
3

4. Transition 2
5. Transition 5
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An atom that is excited
1. can emit a photon when the electron
moves to a lower energy level.
2. has had its electron moved to the lowest
energy level.

gas cloud
2
Along which line of sight would an observer
see an absorption spectrum?
1. 3
2. 1

3. is an isotope.

3. 2 and 3

4. is also ionized.

4. 2

5. can emit a photon when the electron

moves to a higher energy level.
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The lowest energy level in an atom is
1. the energy level from which the Paschen
series of hydrogen originates.

5. None of these
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How much energy is radiated each second
by one square meter of a star whose temperature is 10,000 K? in the Stefan-Boltzmann
J
Law is equal to 5.67 108 2
.
m sec K
1. 300 nm

2. responsible for Doppler shifts.

2. 5.67 1012 J
3. the ground state.
3. 5.67 108 J
4. the ionization level.
4. 5.67 104 J
5. the absolute zero temperature.
5. 300,000,000 nm
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The diagram illustrates a light source, a gas
cloud, and three different lines of sight.

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For the following types
radio waves
infared radiation
visible light
ultraviolet radiation
gamma radiation
of electromagnetic radiation, how do the

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wavelength, frequency, and photon energy
change as one goes from the top of the list
to the bottom?
Wavelength Frequency Photon Energy
1. Increases

Decreases

Decreases

2. Decreases

Decreases

Increases

3. Increases

Increases

Increases

4. Decreases

Increases

Increases

5. Increases

Decreases

Increases

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The energy of a photon increases as its wavelength decreases.
What is the energy of a microwave photon with a wavelength of 5.10 cm? Plancks
constant is 6.63 1034 J s and the speed of
light is 3 108 m/s.
Answer in units of eV.
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What is the energy of a visible photon with a
wavelength of 6.40 107 m?
Answer in units of eV.
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What is the energy of an X-ray photon with a
wavelength of 5.90 108 m?
Answer in units of eV.
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A photon of a certain color of visible light has
2.9 1019 J of energy.
What color is the light? Plancks constant
is 6.63 1034 J s.
1. yellow
2. blue
3. red
4. None of these
5. white