Stellar active region/Quiz

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Stellar active region is a lecture and an article as part of the course on the Principles of radiation astronomy about an entity, source, and/or object observed on or near the surface of the Sun with radiation astronomy.

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

	ultraviolet emission
	X-ray emission
	gamma-ray emission
	neutron emission
	7Be emission
	meteor emission

2. True or False, The Norikura Solar Observatory uses its own designations for solar active regions rather than those of other observatories or NOAA.

	TRUE
	FALSE

3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of solar active regions?

	lithium
	nucleosynthesis
	coronal clouds
	spot central meridian passage
	a surface coverage of at least 95%.

4. During the late 1600s the sunspot cycle lost its usual intensity and became what?

5. True or False, Naked sunspots seen in Hα which are devoid of plage are never associated with coronal holes.

	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:

Most and originate in magnetically around visible groupings.

8. True or False, "[A] spicule is a dynamic jet of about 500 km diameter in the chromosphere of [a star]."

	TRUE
	FALSE

9. When faculae are present, what characteristics are readily observed?

	bright spots
	bright patches
	starspots
	magnetic poles
	arising in the photosphere
	neon clouds

10. The population of coronal loops can be directly linked with the?

11. True or False, Coronal loops project into the coronal cloud, through the transition region and the chromosphere.

	TRUE
	FALSE

12. Which of the following is not a prominent contributor associated with a variable star?

	star spots
	chromospheric activity
	rotation
	brightness fluctuations
	flares
	spot coverage fraction

13. In general there is no proper motion at all in the plage or the surrounding?

14. True or False, "Some prominences break apart and give rise to coronal mass ejections."

	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:

"When a prominence is viewed from a different perspective so that it is against the instead of against space, it appears than the surrounding .

17. True or False, In 1947, G. E. Kron proposed that starspots were the reason for periodic changes in brightness on blue dwarfs.

	TRUE
	FALSE

18. Which of the following is not a phenomenon associated with a flip-flop cycle?

	active regions
	hemisphere shifts
	binary RS CVn stars
	single stars
	cyclical period
	meridian passage

19. A Mt. Wilson spot number usually corresponds with which other region number?

20. True or False, Hale region numbers are greater for the same regions than NOAA numbers.

	TRUE
	FALSE

21. Which of the following active region phenomena have been observed on Proxima Centauri?

	flares
	temperatures as high as 27 MK
	quiescent X-ray luminosity comparable to the Sun
	a surface coverage of about 88%
	spicules
	likely prominence

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

23. True or False, The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory is a solar observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

	TRUE
	FALSE

24. Which of the following are phenomena usually associated with a heliostat?

	geographic coordinates
	a mirror which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target
	the target is usually stationary
	computer control
	a two-axis motorized system
	altitude

25. Active regions are the result of enhanced what?

26. True or False, Most stellar flares and coronal mass ejections originate in magnetically inactive regions around visible sunspot groupings.

	TRUE
	FALSE

27. Which of the following are associated with the stellar active region control group?

	solar cycle
	closed magnetic structures
	solar wind
	long-lived loop arcades
	helmet streamers
	the Sun

28. A super flare on the evening of August 28, 1859, was recorded by

29. True or False, The Ca XV emission line is a yellow coronal line at 569.4 nm.

	TRUE
	FALSE

30. Which of the following are characteristic of the first true astrophysical gamma-ray source?

	a strong 2.223 MeV emission line
	a solar flare
	the formation of deuterium
	the electron neutrino
	OSO-3
	neutrons

31. Using a coordinate system, sunspot passage is generally noted by what meridian?

32. True or False, "75% of the naked sunspots represented the return of large dominant f spots which had been part of large active regions during previous rotations."

	TRUE
	FALSE

33. Which geographical phenomena are associated with stellar active regions?

	moving across the surface of the Sun or star
	manifesting intense magnetic fields
	a north geographic and magnetic pole
	rotation
	a prime meridian
	average starspot latitudes
	the solar or stellar equator

34. Coronal loops extend high into the corona, project through the chromosphere, and project through what above the photosphere?

35. True or False, Coronal loops populate both active and quiet regions of the solar surface.

	TRUE
	FALSE

36. Phenomena associated with nanoflares?

	1017 Joules
	very high X-ray emission from happening every 20 s
	flickerings
	brightenings
	mass eruptions
	active regions

37. Main sequence variable stars of late spectral types, usually K or M, exhibiting variations in luminosity due to rotation, starspots and other chromospheric activity are called.

38. True or False, RS Canum Venaticorum variables are close binary stars having active chromospheres which can cause large stellar spots.

	TRUE
	FALSE

39. Which of the following are observatories on Earth?

	Chandra X-ray Observatory
	Big Bear
	TRACE
	Kodaikanal
	the Hubble
	Lomnický štít
	McMath-Pierce
	SOFIA

40. Sayan Observatory is located in.

41. True or False, The solar neutron detector located at Mt. Norikura observatory, Japan, is made of plastic scintillators.

	TRUE
	FALSE

42. Which of the following are associated with the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope?

	a launch location
	Kitt Peak National Observatory
	a heliostat
	a distinctive diagonal shaft that continues underground
	a theoretical resolution of 0.07"
	NOAA designations

43. The type star that goes through fairly extreme changes of brightness: for instance, in 1952, its brightness increased by 75 times in only 20 seconds, is what star?

44. True or False, T Tauri stars are likely to have large areas of starspot coverage.

	TRUE
	FALSE

45. Which of the following observatories are solar observatories?

	The Huairou Solar Observing Station in China
	Mauna Loa Solar Observatory
	Los Alamos National Solar Laboratory
	National Solar Observatory
	Mees Solar Observatory
	CERN

46. About one third of ejecta observed by satellites at Earth is composed of what?

47. True or False, A spotless flare may occur in a plage region during its first rotation.

	TRUE
	FALSE

48. Which of the following are solar observatory satellites?

	Einstein Observatory
	OSO 7
	Hinode
	High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1
	Koronas-Foton
	STEREO

49. Suborbital solar 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 stars of the alpha Centauri system are known to have stellar active regions?

	Proxima Centauri
	Alpha Centauri B
	Barnard's star
	Alpha Centauri A
	Rigel Kent
	Alpha Centauri C
	Alpha Centauri D

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See also

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

External links

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