Popquiz 5 Which of the following statements is

Pop-quiz #5 Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. Elliptical galaxies are classified E 0 to E 7 in order of increasing ellipticity (i. e. increasing degree of flattening) B. An SBc spiral galaxy and an Sbc spiral galaxy have different bulge-to-disk ratios C. Irregular galaxies are a sub-class of disk galaxies D. An SBd galaxy’s spiral arms are more tightly wound (i. e. more closed) than an Sab galaxy’s spiral arms

Pop-quiz #6 Two stars A and B have the same luminosity, but B appears to be 4 times brighter than A. Assuming there is no dust between us and the stars, which of the following statements must be TRUE? A. B. C. D. Stars A and B have the same temperature Star B is twice as large as star A Star B is twice as far away as star A Star A is twice as far away as star B

Pop-quiz #7 Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. Black holes emit Hawking radiation which can be characterized as black-body radiation with a temperature that is proportional to the black hole’s mass B. The event horizon or Schwarzschild radius of a black hole, the region over which it is capable of trapping light (radiation), is proportional to the black hole’s mass C. “A black hole has no hair” is a statement that describes the loss of identity of matter when it is swallowed by a black hole D. The gravitational field of a black hole extends out to an infinite distance

Pop-quiz #8 Which of the following statements is FALSE? A. Radio jets and lobes are powered by synchrotron radiation produced by charged particles moving in a magnetic field B. The typical mass of a super-massive black hole that powers the nucleus of a quasar is about five million times the mass of our Sun C. The light-emitting region of a typical quasar is comparable in size to our Solar System D. Quasars and AGNs can be 100 to 1000 times more luminous than our Milky Way galaxy E. Most galaxies have massive black holes at their centers