Chapters 9 –
13
Test Date: November 18, 2002
Multiple Choice
What
is a star (sun)?
Layers
of the sun – names and properties
What
is the solar constant?
What
is luminosity?
What
is helioseismology?
Granulation
and Supergranulation
Coronal
holes
Sunspots
and the sunspot cycle
Sun’s
magnetic field and the solar cycle
Active
regions, Prominences, Flares
Nuclear
fusion
Proton-proton
chain
Laws
of conservation of mass and energy
Neutrinos
and the solar neutrino problem
What
is parallax and what is a parsec?
Proper
motion of a star
Apparent
brightness, apparent magnitude
Magnitude
scale
Absolute
brightness and magnitude
Spectral
Classes (OBAFGKM)
Radius-luminosity-temperature
relation
Dwarfs,
Giants, Supergiants
Red
giants
White
dwarfs
H-R
diagram and its features
Binary
star systems (visual, spectroscopic, eclipsing)
Stellar
light curves
Spectroscopic
Parallax
Luminosity
classes (Ia – V)
Emission
nebulae
Dark
dust lanes and clouds
21
centimeter radiation
Molecular
clouds
Molecular
cloud complex
Evolutionary
track of forming star on H-R diagram
Protostar
T
Tauri phase
Zero-age
main sequence
Brown
dwarfs
Star
clusters (Open and Globular)
Stellar
Associations
Core-hydrogen
burning
Hydrogen-shell
burning
Subgiant
branch
Red
Giant branch
Helium
flash
Horizontal
branch
Red
supergiant
Planetary
nebulae
Black
dwarf
Nova
Accretion
disks
Core
collapse supernovae
Type
I and Type II supernovae
Carbon-detonation
supernova
Supernova
remnant
Main
sequence turnoff
Formation
of heavy elements
Features
of Pulsars
Xray
burster
Gamma
ray bursts
Millisecond
pulsars
Features
of Black Holes
Einstein’s
General Theory of Relativity
Schwartzschild
radius
Event
horizon
Gravitational
redshift
Time
Dilation
Singularity
Binary
systems with black holes