Quiz 9 - May 5, 2004

Question 1:

The recently discovered Comet Bradfield is currently visible

  1. In the evening sky looking SE
  2. Just before dawn looking NE
  3. Just after sunset looking SW
  4. At midnight near the zenith
  5. Can't be seen until mid-May

Question 2:

Which statement is incorrect concerning Comet Bradfield?

  1. It was discovered by the SOHO satellite as it passed by the Sun
  2. It has a visible tail approximately 3 degrees long
  3. It has already passed perihelion
  4. The discoverer is an amateur astronomer
  5. It is not presently not visible to the unaided eye

Question 3:

Which of the following is not one of the four fundamental forces of nature?

  1. Gravity
  2. Weak nuclear force
  3. Strong nuclear force
  4. Friction
  5. Electromagnetism

Question 4:

The 'Isotropy Problem' is a problem because the Universe is

  1. not isotropic
  2. [nearly] isotropic but too large to be connected
  3. homogeneous not not isotropic
  4. Only isotropic on large scales
  5. Isotropic only for dark matter

Question 5:

The concept of inflation in cosmology is invoked primarily to explain

  1. The 3K microwave background radiation spectrum
  2. The nearly isotropic nature of the CBR
  3. The elemental abundance of the elements at early epochs
  4. The short timescale for galaxy formation
  5. The absence of anti-matter in the present Universe

Question 6:

If a proton and anti-proton collide, the result is

  1. Matter annihilation, creating two gamma rays
  2. Creation of a deuterium nucleus
  3. Elastic scattering, with both particles reversing direction
  4. Creation of a third particle, the protino
  5. Fusion, producing a Helium nucleus and neutrinos

Question 7:

The 'epoch of inflation' occurred

  1. About 300,000 yrs after the Big Bang
  2. Close to one billinoys after the Big Bang
  3. In the first 10^-35 seconds
  4. After the first three minutes
  5. Continuous (It is still happening today)

Question 8:

Cosmological 'grand unified theories' predict

  1. Matter and energy reversed roles in the Big Bang
  2. The Universe has negative energy
  3. The decoupling time occurred at 3 minutes
  4. The Universe is more than 100 billion years old
  5. The four forces of nature had the same strength immediately after the Big Bang

Question 9:

Before the first stars formed, the two most abundant elements in the Universe were

  1. Helium and Litium
  2. Hydrogen and Oxygen
  3. Hydrogen and Iron
  4. Helium and Deuterium
  5. Hydrogen and Helium

Question 10:

300,000 years after the Big Bang, the temperature of the gas in the Universe was closest to

  1. 3K
  2. 300K
  3. 3,000K
  4. 300,000K
  5. more than 1,000,000K

Grades:

PRS
Number
ID
Number
Number
Correct
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
KEY- 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
119665 39 8 2 5 4 2 5 1 3 5 5 3
212171 1 6 2 1 4 3 1 1 3 5 4 4
212172 2 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 2 5 3
212173 3 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212174 4 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212176 7 6 2 4 4 4 1 1 3 5 5 4
212177 8 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212178 9 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212179 10 9 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212181 12 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212182 13 8 3 3 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212183 14 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212184 15 9 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212185 16 7 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 5 4
212186 17 8 2 4 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212187 18 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212189 21 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212191 23 7 - - 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212192 24 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212193 25 6 2 4 4 4 3 1 4 5 5 3
212194 26 7 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 4 5 1
212195 27 7 2 5 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 4
212196 28 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212197 29 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212198 30 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212199 133 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212200 31 8 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 5 3
212202 33 6 5 5 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 5
212203 35 8 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 5 5 3
212204 36 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 5
212206 38 7 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 5 4
212207 40 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212208 41 8 2 4 4 9 2 1 3 5 5 3
212211 44 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212212 45 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 4 3
212213 46 6 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 1 1
212214 47 8 2 5 4 2 2 1 1 5 5 3
212215 48 7 2 1 4 4 6 1 3 5 5 1
212216 49 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212217 50 9 2 1 4 1 2 1 3 5 5 3
212219 51 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212223 54 7 2 4 4 2 2 1 5 5 5 4
212224 55 7 2 0 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 4
212226 57 0 - - - - - 0 - - - -
212228 181 6 2 4 4 4 4 1 3 5 5 4
212229 60 8 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 5
212230 61 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212232 63 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 1 5 5 3
212234 65 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 2
212235 66 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212236 67 9 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212237 68 5 2 3 4 2 1 5 3 1 5 1
212243 75 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212244 76 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212245 77 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212246 78 7 2 5 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212247 79 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212248 80 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212249 82 6 2 1 4 1 4 1 3 5 1 5
212250 83 7 2 5 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 5
212251 84 4 2 2 4 2 3 1 2 2 1 5
212253 86 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212254 87 6 2 4 4 4 2 1 5 5 5 2
212255 88 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212257 90 7 2 5 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212258 91 7 2 5 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212259 92 7 2 4 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212260 94 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212261 95 6 2 4 4 3 2 5 1 5 5 3
212262 98 7 - 1 - 2 1 1 3 5 5 3
212265 101 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212266 102 9 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 3
212267 22 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212268 103 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212271 106 7 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 5 1
212272 150 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212273 107 6 2 5 4 3 2 4 1 5 5 3
212274 109 8 2 1 4 2 2 1 5 5 5 2
212277 112 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212279 113 6 2 4 4 2 1 1 3 - 5 1
212280 114 9 2 3 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212281 115 6 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 4
212282 116 1 - - - - - - - - 5 5
212283 117 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 0 5 5 3
212284 118 6 - 5 4 3 1 1 3 5 5 3
212285 119 9 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212286 120 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 4
212287 121 7 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 5
212289 123 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 2
212291 128 0 - - - - - - - - - 4
212292 130 8 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212293 131 3 - - - - - - - 5 5 3
212296 134 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212297 135 8 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 4
212298 159 7 2 4 4 2 3 1 3 5 5 1
212299 139 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212300 140 7 2 4 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 2
212301 141 7 2 5 4 3 2 1 3 5 4 3
212302 142 8 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212304 147 8 2 1 4 4 1 1 3 5 5 3
212305 148 8 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212308 151 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212310 153 5 2 5 2 4 4 1 3 5 5 5
212311 154 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 5 5 3
212314 158 9 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 3
212315 160 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212316 161 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212317 162 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212318 163 8 2 4 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212319 164 8 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 4 1
212320 165 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212321 166 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 4
212323 169 8 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212324 170 5 - - 4 4 - 1 3 5 5 1
212325 171 8 2 1 4 1 2 1 3 5 5 5
212326 172 9 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 3
212327 173 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212328 174 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212329 175 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 1
212330 176 7 2 4 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 1
212331 177 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212332 178 8 2 1 4 4 3 1 3 5 5 3
212333 180 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 6
212337 184 7 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 4 3
212339 186 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212340 187 8 2 1 4 5 2 1 3 5 5 1
212341 188 8 2 1 4 4 4 1 3 5 5 3
212342 189 8 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212343 190 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 5
212344 191 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 1
212345 192 6 - 4 4 5 4 1 3 5 5 3
212346 193 5 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 5 5 2
212347 194 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 2
212348 195 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212349 196 8 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 4 1
212352 199 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 0
212355 202 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212356 204 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212357 205 7 2 4 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 1
212358 206 8 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212360 208 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212361 209 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212362 210 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212363 211 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212364 212 5 2 5 4 3 5 1 2 5 5 5
212366 213 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212367 214 5 2 1 4 3 1 1 5 3 5 1
212370 217 8 2 5 4 2 2 1 1 5 5 3
212372 221 7 2 5 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 1
212374 223 7 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 5 5 5
212375 225 8 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 4
212378 227 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212379 228 8 3 5 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212381 230 9 2 5 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212382 231 8 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212383 232 5 2 2 4 2 5 1 1 5 4 1
212386 234 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212387 235 9 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212388 236 7 2 4 4 2 2 1 5 5 5 4
212389 237 8 2 1 4 4 3 1 3 5 5 3
212390 238 7 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 5 5 3
212392 240 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212393 241 9 2 1 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212394 242 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212395 243 7 2 5 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 3
212398 246 8 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212399 247 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212400 248 7 2 5 4 3 2 1 3 5 5 1
212402 250 9 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 3
212403 251 7 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 1
212404 224 9 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 3
212405 203 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212406 144 9 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
212407 34 8 2 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 1
212410 146 8 2 1 4 4 1 1 3 5 5 3
212412 124 7 2 4 4 4 4 1 3 5 5 3
212416 185 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212417 157 7 2 4 4 4 4 1 3 5 5 3
212419 252 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212420 127 6 3 4 4 2 1 1 3 5 5 2
212421 72 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212425 97 10 2 1 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
212426 129 8 2 4 4 4 2 1 3 5 5 3
212427 137 3 2 2 4 2 - - - - - -
212428 93 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
264081 20 5 3 4 4 2 1 1 5 5 5 2
264082 182 7 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 1
264083 108 6 2 5 4 4 4 1 3 5 5 1
264084 96 8 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 1
264087 111 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3
264089 256 8 2 1 4 2 4 1 3 5 5 1
264092 254 9 2 4 4 2 2 1 3 5 5 3