The equator receives the same amount of sunlight from season to season.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2Which one of the hydrogen atoms below is EMITTING light at a wavelength in the Balmer series?
a. second energy level to first (most bound)
b. third energy level to second
c. fourth energy level to third
d. second energy level to third
e. first energy level to second
Question 3The vernal equinox occurs above the same geographic point on Earth from year to year.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4Which one of the hydrogen atoms below is EMITTING light? The electron jumps from the
a. second energy level to first (most bound).
b. third energy level to fourth.
c. fourth energy level to fifth.
d. second energy level to third.
e. first energy level to second.
Question 5You are in the northern hemisphere and the season is winter. The Sun is above a geographic point in the southern hemisphere and below the celestial equator.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 6The wavelength of the hydrogen line from level 1 to level 2 in a hot star is ____________ the wavelength of the same line in a cool star. The stars have the same radial velocities away from Earth.
a. larger than
b. the same as
c. smaller than
d. not enough information to answer
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