This gamma-ray spectrum contains the typical isotopes of the uranium-radium decay line. Credit: Wusel007.

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1 Yes or No, A time-averaged flux is called an intensity.

	Yes
	No

2 True or False, Intensity astronomy focuses on creating a sufficient intensity for a desired property or characteristic that a signal may be converted in a detector to an electric current.

	TRUE
	FALSE

3 Which of the following are theoretical radiation astronomy phenomena associated with a satellite in orbit around the Earth?

	background radiation
	a charged particle wind which emanates out of a beam line
	gravity
	near the barycenter for the Earth-Moon system
	swirls of tan, green, blue, and white in the water
	electric arcs
	intensity of radiation

4 Yes or No, Visually dark infrared sources can be radiative cosmic dust, hydrogen gas such as an H II region (e.g. the Orion Nebula), an H I region of hydrogen, a molecular cloud, or a coronal cloud.

	Yes
	No

5 A cosmic ray may originate from what astronomical source?

	Jupiter
	the solar wind
	the diffuse X-ray background
	Mount Redoubt in Alaska
	the asteroid belt
	an active galactic nucleus

6 True or False, Each element has electronic orbitals of characteristic energy.

	TRUE
	FALSE

7 Complete the text:

Cosmic rays with energies over the energy of 5 x 1019 interact with photons to produce via the ${\displaystyle \Delta }$ resonance.

8 Complete the text:

A proof-of-concept structure, including a control group, consists of , procedures, findings, and .

9 Which of the following are cold dark matter gamma rays?

	expected signal comparable to background
	annihilation radiation
	a pronounced cosmic-ray halo
	difficult to separate from a dark halo
	dwarf spheroidals
	weakly interacting massless particles

10 Which of the following are likely associated with the intensity of a green emission line?

	rocky objects
	high peak to background
	plasma objects
	a G2V photosphere
	rotation
	watery surface
	spots

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1. Intensity-based questions may require extensive facility with detectors.

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