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1 Complete the text:

A plasma can be created by using

voltages (typically around 1/1000 atmospheric pressure) to

a low pressure gas.

2 Yes or No, Nitrogen has two emission lines that occur in plasmas at 455.368 and 455.545 nm from N VII.

Yes
No

3 Complete the text:

A coronal cloud is a cloud, or cloud-like, natural astronomical entity, composed of

and usually associated with a

or other astronomical object where the temperature is such that

are emitted.

4 True or False, Because of the huge spatiotemporal scales of plasma objects in space, the basic accepted views about the theory of plasma stability, which is now better suited for laboratory applications, are already in need of revision.

False
True

5 The population of coronal loops can be directly linked with the?

6 Which of the following is a prominent feature associated with solar clouds?

coronal mass ejections
rotation
magnetic clouds
coronal clouds
plasma
magnetic field lines

7 Yes or No, In physics and chemistry, plasma is a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized.

No
Yes

8 About one third of ejecta observed by satellites at Earth is composed of what?

9 Yes or No, Plasma is the fourth state of matter, consisting of electrons, ions and neutral atoms, usually at temperatures above 104 degrees Kelvin.

No
Yes

10 When ionization cones are present, what green characteristics are usually readily observed?

O III green emission line
green continua
biconical structure
a common cone axis and apex
ionized gas
neon clouds

11 Yes or No, Blue jets differ from sprites in that they project from the top of the cumulonimbus above a thunderstorm to the lowest levels of the ionosphere.

No
Yes

12 Complete the text:

Blue jets differ from sprites in that they project from the

of the cumulonimbus above a

, typically in a narrow cone, to the lowest levels of the

.

13 Yes or No, Red sprites tend to be associated with significant lightning strikes.

No
Yes

14 Which of the following is associated with aeronomy?

botany
chemical composition
technology
physical properties
agriculture
ionization
biochemistry
oceanography
radiation from space

15 Which of the following are associated with X-radiation?

spans three decades in wavelength
spans three decades in frequency
spans three decades in energy
emitted by 26Al
coronal clouds
60 keV electromagnetic radiation
90 eV electromagnetic radiation
visually dark source

16 Yes or No, The Chamaeleon I cloud is a coronal cloud.

Yes
No

17 Which of the following are X-radiation astronomy phenomena associated with the Sun?

a core which emits neutrinos
a solar wind which emanates out the polar coronal holes
gravity
the barycenter for the solar system
polar coronal holes
coronal clouds
its position
temperatures at or above 1 MK

18 Complete the text:

The photosphere of the Sun has an effective temperature of

yet its corona has an average temperature of

. The high temperature of the corona shows that it is heated by something other than direct

from the photosphere.


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