Assignment 4 Submission: CONS 127 203 2022W2 Observing the Earth from Space
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CONS 127 203 2022W2
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Assignment 4 Submission
Assignment 4 Submission
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on 1
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on 1: What happens as you move the cursor from violent light to red light (le
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to
right)?
Wavelengths get shorter
Wavelengths get longer
No change
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on 2
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on 2: Look under Wave View as you adjust the cursor. What happens to
frequency as wavelengths get shorter?
Frequency increases
Frequency decreases
No change
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on 3
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on 3: As you move the slider around the visible spectrum, what is the rela
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onship
between frequency and energy?
Energy increases as frequency increases
Energy decreases as frequency increases
Energy increases as frequency decreases
There is no rela
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onship and the numbers are random
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on 4
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on 4: Set the visible spectrum to 450nm. What color is shown?
Red
Blue
Green
Orange
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on 5
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on 5: Which type of radia
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on has the longest wavelength?
Radio
Gamma
Infrared
Microwave
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on 6
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on 6: Which type of radia
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on has the shortest wavelength?
Gamma
UV
X-rays
Radio
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on 7
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on 7: Which part of the EM spectrum do op
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cal telescopes use?
Radio waves
Microwaves
Visible light
Ultraviolet waves
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on 8
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on 8:
Which type of radia
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on is best for astronomers to used when detec
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background radia
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on from the origin of the universe?
Microwave
Gamma rays
Infrared
Radio
X-rays
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on 9
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on 9: According to the ar
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cle, what are false colors?
Parts of the EM spectrum we haven't discovered yet
Parts of the EM spectrum which can't be seen with the naked eye, but which computers
can turn into visible spectrum colors
Colors based on non-EM spectrum informa
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on such as eleva
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on
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on 10
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on 10: According to the video “Detec
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ng light in space”, why do the X-ray
telescopes need to be put in space, but radio telescopes can be used on Earth? (the i
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X-rays don't penetrate the atmosphere, but radio waves do
Radio waves don't penetrate the atmosphere, but x-rays do
X-rays are used to detect objects in space such as galaxy clusters, whereas radio waves
are used only for objects on Earth
Both x-ray telescopes and radio telescopes work best in space, but either can be used on
Earth
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on 11
Answer 1:
Answer 2:
Answer 3:
Incorrect
Incorrect
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on 11:
Fill in the blank: chlorophyll strongly absorbs
red light
and
blue light
and strongly reflect
green light
red light
blue light
green light
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on 12
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on 12: What percentage of water is reflected at 1.5 micrometers (rounded to the
nearest whole number)?
2%
10%
0%
80%
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on 13
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on 13:
According to the sec
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on about water, what part of the EM spectrum
should this “bump” be reflec
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ng?
Blue visible light
Red visible light
Near-infrared
Microwave
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on 14
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on 14: What percentage of soil is reflected at 1.5 micrometers (rounded to the
nearest whole number)
48%
5%
75%
10%
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on 15
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on 15: According to the cap
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on under the Landsat image, what do these colors
represent?
Color di
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erences which indicate areas in drought vs flood
Wavelengths which cannot be seen with the naked eye which needs to be shown
through a computer
The closest to what you would see if you're flying over the area in a plane and looking
down at the ground
California
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on 16
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on 16: According to the cap
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on under the Landsat image, when is this type of
image useful?
Detec
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ng landslides
Analyzing vegeta
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Coun
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ng boats in the Pacific Ocean
Finding dinosaur bones
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on 17
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on 17: Which type of composite is this image?
True
False
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on 18
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on 18: Which of the following is true about the spectral reflectance curves?
Blue and green are being reflected, red is being absorbed
Red and green are being reflected, blue is being absorbed
All three are being reflected
Only red is being reflected
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on 19
Ques
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on 19: Which type of composite is this?
True
False
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on 20
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on 20: Which of the following is true about the spectral reflectance curves?
Blue and green are being reflected, red is being absorbed
Red and green are being reflected, blue is being absorbed
All three are being reflected
Only red is being reflected
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