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| Why are telescopes sometimes placed on high points such as mountain tops, elevated areas, etc? |
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| The air is thiner on a high point, therefore, it is easier for light to pass through...Also, there is no thermal interference because it is cold. |
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| What is the best place for a visible light telescope? |
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| Why are telescopes in the middle of nowhere? |
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| To avoid light pollution. |
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| A particle that can be observed and its the result of a physical process. |
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| What is a virtual particle? |
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| A particle that can not be observed and is the result of the environment. |
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| List the electromagnetic spectrum, lowest energy with longest wavelength to highest energy with shortest wavelength. |
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Radio
IR (Microwave)
Visible Light
UV
X-Rays
Gamma Rays
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| ...a continuous distribution of energy from one side to the other. |
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| What does the emissions spectra look like? |
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| Absorption Spectrum = A continuous spectrum where lines are missing |
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| Absorption (____) + Emission (____) = Continuous (____) |
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| Absorption (the continuous spectrum missing the energy of the emission spectrum) + Emission (only allowed energies) = Continuous (every possible energy is here) |
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| If the electron lands on the first shell, what type of transition is that? |
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| Lyman, Ultraviolet Protons |
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| What is the name of the transition to the 2nd shell? |
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| What is the transition to the 3rd shell? |
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| Pashen transition, infared |
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| What is the transition to the 4th shell? |
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Brackett(!?!?!) transition
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