Astronomy Today: The Solar System, 9th edition – Test Bank

This Is TEST BANK

Example :

Astronomy Today, 9e (Chaisson/McMillan)
Chapter 3 Radiation: Information from the Cosmos

3.1 True/False Questions

1) Radio waves, visible light, and X-rays are all a type of electromagnetic radiation. Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 3.1

2) You would perceive a change in a visible light wave’s amplitude as a change in its color.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 3.1

3) The frequency of a water wave gives us its height.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 3.1

4) Gamma rays are a type of electromagnetic radiation.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 3.1

5) If a new wave arrives on shore every two seconds, then its frequency is 2 Hz.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 3.1

6) If a new wave arrives on shore every half second, then its frequency is 2 Hz.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 3.1

7) The greater the disturbance of the medium, the higher the amplitude of the wave. Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 3.1

8) As white light passes through a prism, the red (longer) wavelengths bend less than the blue (shorter) wavelengths, so forming the rainbow of colors.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 3.1