Lesson Three : Activities and Quizzes
Activity 1: QuizWhat are two types of electromagnetic radiation that radio astronomers study?
Wien’s law tells us that hotter objects emit waves with a ____ wavelength and ____ frequency.
The ________ law states that hotter objects will glow brigher than cooler objects.
True or False: Cyclotron and synchrotron radiation occur when particles are accelerated through a magnetic field.
What is the strongest planetary radio source in our solar system?
What are radio lobes?
Clouds of matter ejected into space from the center of a radio galaxyInter-galactic sources of synchrotron radio emissionsInterstellar nebulae that emits radiationBeams of synchrotron radiation from a radio star
They are active galaxiesThey are moving away from us at high speedsThey are billions of light years away from usThey are among the brightest optical sources in the sky