Week 5: Radiation Laws

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1
We can use what to measure the speed of rotation of a star?
  • Doppler Broadening
  • Wien's Law
  • Stefan-Boltsmann Law
  • Planck's Broadening
2
We can use what to measure the speed of stars toward or away from us according to this equation?
  • Stefan-Boltzmann/ Δλ/λ=Δv/c
  • Doppler Shift/ Δλ/λ=Δv/c
  • Stefan-Boltzmann/ energy/sec/cm^2
  • Doppler Shift/ energy/sec/cm^2
3
Who was it who predicted that light would shift colour if the observer or the source was moving relative to each other. Thus a star rushing towards us shows its hydrogen spectrum as colour shiftsed towards the what end of the spectrum?
  • Planck/Blue
  • Doppler/Red
  • Planck/Red
  • Doppler/Blue
4
When you have a blue star and a red star at the same distance away in space, which one would be brighter?
  • Red
  • Blue
  • They're the same, duh
5
If we observe a star's peak colour output we can determine its surface temperature using:
  • Doppler Broadening
  • Wien's Law
  • Δλ/λ=Δv/c
  • Stefan-Boltzmann Law
6
If you knew the peak colour of a star, as well as its distance, it would be possible to calculate the star's "______"
  • Physcial Diameter
  • Hydrogen Levels
  • Brightness
  • Ultraviolet Levels
7
It's possible to calculate a star's physical diameter using?
  • Wien's Law and ISL
  • Stefan-Boltzmann Law and ISL
  • Stefan-Boltzmann Law and Δλ/λ=Δv/c
  • Wien's Law and Δλ/λ=Δv/c
8
What is it that tells us the total energy/sec/cm^2 is a function of temperature raised to the 4th power?
  • Wien's Law
  • Planck's Radiation Law
  • Stefan-Boltzmann Law
  • Doppler Effect
9
If a star is twice as hot as another star, the hotter star is using its energy how much faster?
  • 1^6 = 24x
  • They use the same amount of energy, duh
  • 2^6 = 14x
  • 2^4 = 16x
10
Which law is an inverse relationship such that when the temperature goes up by a factor of 10, the peak wavelength decreases by a factor of 10.
  • Wien's Law
  • Stefan-Boltzmann Law
  • Stefan-Boltzmann Law
  • Doppler's Law
11
The inverse relationship where when the temperature goes up by a factor of 10, and the peak wavelength decreases by a factor of 10, means that the star gets?
  • Redder
  • Bluer
  • Smaller
  • Bigger
12
Increasing the temperature of an object causes it to radiate more photons in every colour, but the peak colour moves towards which end of the spectrum?
  • Red
  • Ultraviolet
  • Blue
  • Stays in the middle
13
Which law is a relationship between colour and energy/sec/cm^2 for a given temperature?
  • Doppler's Effect
  • Wien's Law
  • Stefan-Blotzmann Law
  • Planck's Radiation Law
14
As they heat, objects begin to glow, their colour changing goes thorugh what order?
  • Dull red, red, white and then blue-white
  • Blue-white, white, red then dull red
  • White, dull red, red, then blue-white
  • Red, blue, then to white
15
As an object heats, and begins to glow and their colours change, this is caused by what in a dense medium moving into higher orbits and them falling down to emit what?
  • Electrons/Energy
  • Electrons/Light
  • Energy/Light
  • Light/Line Spectra
16
What was observed in 1900 and which meant that physics theory did not correctly predict the energy output of a hot radiating object? It was a disaster because no one knew how to solve the problem.
  • Doppler Effect
  • Halley's Comet
  • Ultraviolet Catastrophe
  • Chormatic Abberation
17
Who solved the Ultraviolet Catastrophe problem by assuming energy can only be absorbed or emitted in lumps we call quanta.
  • Boltzmann
  • Wien
  • Stefan
  • Planck
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