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Geology Section 28.1 Homework: A Closer Look at Light: Due Friday, 4/20/12
Read Section 28.1, pages 612-616. Answer the questions that follow.
Link for Question #3
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_astronomy/index.html
Link for Question #6
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es2802/es2802page01.cfm?chapter_no=28
Link for Question #7
http://www.stargazing.net/naa/scope2.htm
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Last Name, First Name
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Period (Do not put nd, rd, or th after the number!)
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Which of the following is not a form of electromagnetic radiation?
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X-ray Waves
Visible Light Waves
Radio Waves
Sound Waves
Infrared Waves
Ultraviolet Waves
The correct ordering of visible light from shortest to longest wavelength is
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red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
violet, green, yellow, orange, blue, red, indigo
violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red
red, yellow, orange, green, blue, indigo, violet
Click on the link at the top of this homework. Go through this website and describe below in a paragraph of NO FEWER THAN 10 SENTENCES why it is important to use all of the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum when doing astronomy. You should talk about all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in this paragraph and how each one is useful.
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Which type of spectra would be used to investigate what the atmosphere of Mars and the outer layers of the Sun are made of in terms of their chemistry?
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continuous spectra
emission spectra
absorption spectra
Doppler spectra
A galaxy that is moving away from Earth would be
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blue shifted
red shifted
white shifted
none of the answers above are correct. Moving objects do not encounter a Doppler shift.
Look at the second Internet link above. How does the speed of a star or a galaxy affect the amount of Doppler Shift of its color spectrum?
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Look at the third Internet link above. Describe the basic principles behind refracting and reflecting telescopes. In other words, how do they work?
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