Radiation geography/Quiz

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Radiation geography, or astronomical radiation geography, is the lecture and article of the course on the principles of radiation astronomy about the effect of entities, sources and objects observed with radiation astronomy in the universe on locations and regions. Astrogeography also includes geographical radiation astronomy which deals with the effects of location and regions on radiation astronomy. Both fields are included here.

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1. Which of the following are radiation astronomy phenomena associated with Afghanistan?

	the Ai Khanoum Sun dial
	Cybele
	An orange sunset in the Mahim Bay
	a black sky without stars
	the zenith
	Helios

2. True or False, Astronomical radiation geography is primarily the laboratory geography performed to understand the observations obtained from radiation astronomy.

	TRUE
	FALSE

3. Which of the following is not a studied characteristic of astrogeography?

	backyard astronomy
	nucleosynthesis
	cumulus clouds
	"the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome"
	sea level

4. "The spectrum of gaseous methane at 77 K in the 1.1-2.6 µm region [is] a benchmark for"

5. True or False, The chemical element astatine has been mapped by a gamma-ray spectrometer over the rocky surface of the Moon.

	TRUE
	FALSE

6. The Sun as a star has what geographical property?

	it's a primordial population III star
	it passes once a year across the Lockman Hole
	silicates have been discovered in its interior structure
	optical reflectance studies have found evidence of magnesium
	it has a surface temperature of ~700 K
	it has a longitude and latitude grid system for locating active regions

7. Complete the text:

The topographic map of Mars includes the volcanoes in the west (including , to the east of Tharsis, and in the southern hemisphere.

8. True or False, The Atlantic Ocean can have a color very close to that of the sky.

	TRUE
	FALSE

9. When sea level is present, what characteristics are readily observed?

	mean high tide
	mean low tide
	glacial periods
	hydroisostatic rebound
	temperatures above 103 K
	salt flats

10. Particularly with respect to the present, in the last 10 kyr sea level has never been what?

11. True or False, The angle between the object and the observer's local horizon is called altitude.

	TRUE
	FALSE

12. Which of the following is not a prominent contributor associated with a horizontal coordinate system?

	the blue sky
	zenith
	local horizon
	azimuth
	altitude
	great circle

13. That part of outer space between planets and their star(s) is called the?

14. True or False, A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Mars to be specified by a set of numbers and/or letters.

	TRUE
	FALSE

15. Which of the following is not a phenomenon usually associated with regions?

	a connected part of a space
	a tract of land
	definite extent
	Van Maanen's star
	temporal change in radiation flux
	weather

16. Complete the text:

A spatial distribution is a spatial of or extent of astronomical entities, sources, or .

17. True or False, Y-radiation from the Sun excites oxygen atoms in the Galactic halo.

	TRUE
	FALSE

18. Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with the soft X-ray diffuse background?

	ROSAT
	general increase in intensity from the Galactic plane to the poles
	nearly all is thermal emission at the lowest energies
	0.25 keV
	approximately a 106 K plasma
	the Sun

19. For some period before 2700 b2k calendars from around the world had a year of how many days?

20. True or False, Depending on local conditions and the need for observation, it may be easier to observe from a roof top in downtown Singapore than rural Stratford, Texas.

	TRUE
	FALSE

21. The term astrogeography is often more restricted because of what?

	the relationship between outer-space geography and geographic position
	military space strategy
	extensive meteorite cratering
	a flattening out
	evaluating strategy
	military operations

22. Astronomy is performed all around the surface of the Earth by?

23. True or False, The Sphinx Observatory is on the Giza plateau.

	TRUE
	FALSE

24. Which of the following are phenomena associated with grid systems?

	geographic coordinates
	the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
	French Institut Géographique National (IGN) maps
	a longitude meridian passing through Paris
	a local center of civilization
	altitude

25. The Lunokhod 2 lunar surface explorer is the Luna 21 rover from what union?

26. True or False, The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is a 12-meter sphere filled with heavy water surrounded by light detectors located 2 km above the ground in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

	TRUE
	FALSE

27. Which of the following are associated with the IceCube Neutrino Observatory?

	under ice
	the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
	Digital Optical Modules
	the counting house is on the surface above the array
	the baryon neutrino
	the electron neutrino

28. ANTARES is the name of a neutrino detector designed to be used as a directional Neutrino Telescope residing under the

29. True or False, Apparent superluminal motion is an optical illusion subject to reference frame.

	TRUE
	FALSE

30. Which of the following are characteristic of the photosphere

	a coordinate system for the Sun
	a surface
	the diameter quoted for the Sun
	inclinations as high as 50°
	the sunspot cycle
	X-rays

31. Using a coordinate system, X-rays have been located near the north pole of what rocky object?

32. True or False, Tinia is the god of the sky and the highest god in Etruscan mythology equivalent to Saturn.

	TRUE
	FALSE

33. Which geographical phenomena are associated with the Earth?

	quartz is the second most abundant mineral
	an atmosphere containing CO2
	a north geographic and magnetic pole
	a rotational axis
	a prime meridian
	a cycle of lower temperatures in each latitudinal hemisphere
	a cycle of higher temperatures in each longitudinal hemisphere

34. The galactic coordinate system is a celestial coordinate system in spherical coordinates, with the Sun as its center, a primary direction aligned with the approximate center of the Milky Way galaxy, and a fundamental plane approximately in the what?

35. True or False, Cherenkov telescopes do not actually detect the gamma rays directly.

	TRUE
	FALSE

36. Phenomena associated with HESS?

	has a gaseous surface
	Namibia
	currently-operating installation on Mars
	exploration of gamma-ray sources
	located on the Cranz family farm
	Gamsberg

37. The process of bombardment-induced surface alteration or damage is called.

38. True or False, An observatory is a place.

	TRUE
	FALSE

39. Which of the following are observatories on Earth?

	Chandra X-ray Observatory
	Giza Pyramids
	TRACE
	Tuorla Observatory
	the Hubble
	Aldershot Observatory
	Stonehenge
	SOFIA

40. The BLAST is a what.

41. True or False, The ANITA experiment is designed to study ultra-high-energy cosmic neutrinos using the Greenland ice sheet.

	TRUE
	FALSE

42. Which of the following are associated with sounding rockets?

	a launch location
	Woomera Test Range
	White Sands Proving Grounds
	Titania
	Natal, Brazil
	the Skylark

43. The world's first and largest operational space launch facility is what?

44. True or False, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics.

	TRUE
	FALSE

45. Which physics laboratories and facilities worldwide have been and are being used to understand the observations made using radiation astronomy?

	Fermilab
	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
	Los Alamos National Laboratory
	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
	Argonne National Laboratory
	CERN

46. In addition to the United States of America and Russia, what other nation has launch humans into orbit above the Earth.

47. True or False, The first successful attempt to detect X-rays above the Earth's surface occurred at White Sands Proving Grounds.

	TRUE
	FALSE

48. What are a number of reasons to consider probing from different geographical or spatial locations?

	only so many stars can be observed from one location on Earth
	measuring an X-ray background noise
	scattering by the Earth's upper atmosphere
	placing them away from population centers
	trigonometric parallax
	STEREO

49. Suborbital probing may be accomplished from different geographical locations using?

50. True or False, The Mauna Kea Observatories are used for scientific research across the electromagnetic spectrum from visible light to radio, and comprise the largest such facility in the world.

	TRUE
	FALSE

51. Which geographical phenomena are associated with Stonehenge?

	celestial observation
	lightning
	eclipses
	solstices
	a topographic high
	equinoxes
	a remarkably even horizon

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See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• First astronomical X-ray source/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astronomy/Quiz
• Radiation chemistry/Quiz
• Radiation history/Quiz

External links

• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database