Exam Questions Third Edition Impending Doom - Understanding Our Universe 3e Complete Test Bank by Stacy Palen. DOCX document preview.
Mission 13: Impending Doom
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following main-sequence stars will have the smallest habitable zone?
a. O-type d. M-type
b. K-type e. G-type
c. B-type
2. Which of the following equilibrium temperatures corresponds to the surface of a planet that falls within a star’s habitable zone?
a. 100 K d. 1,000 K
b. 300 K e. 5,000 K
c. 600 K
3. Assume that the following planets are all located within 1 AU of its host star. Which of the following would be easiest to detect with the radial velocity method?
a. Mercury d. Jupiter
b. Earth e. Pluto
c. Mars
4. Which of the following planets orbiting a sun-like star would be easiest to detect using the transit method?
a. Earth d. Neptune
b. Jupiter e. none of the above
c. Uranus
5. Assume that a Jupiter-mass planet is orbiting a sun-like star. At which of the following orbital distances would it be easiest to detect using the radial velocity method?
a. 0.1 AU d. 10 AU
b. 1 AU e. 20 AU
c. 5 AU
1. What are the main limitations to the transit method for detecting exoplanets?
2. What are the main limitations of the radial velocity method for detecting exoplanets?