Lecture 20. B. Test Vocab List

You should understand these terms.

    EM Radiation

  1. electromagnetic radiation
  2. electromagnetic spectrum
  3. wavelength
  4. frequency
  5. photon
  6. inverse-square law of light propagation
  7. gamma rays/X-rays/UV/IR/radio/microwaves
  8. blackbody curve
  9. thermal radiation
  10. Wien's Law -- location of peak vs. temp.
  11. Stephan-Boltzman Law -- more temp. = more radiated E
  12. spectrometer
  13. emission line
  14. absorption line
  15. energy levels
  16. ground state/excited state
  17. Doppler effect
  18. radial velocity

    Astronomical Instruments

  19. seeing
  20. aperture
  21. CCD
  22. reflector/refractor

    Solar System

  23. terrestrial planet
  24. giant planet
  25. meteor
  26. meteorite
  27. meteor showers
  28. finds/falls
  29. differentiated
  30. radioactivity
  31. solar activity
  32. planetesimals
  33. greenhouse effect/global warming
  34. giant impact theory
  35. tidal stability limit
  36. comet/dust & ion tails
  37. Oort Cloud/ Kuiper Belt

    The Sun

  38. solar interior: core/radiation zone/convection zone
  39. outer atmosphere: photosphere/chromosphere/ trans. region/corona
  40. solar wind
  41. aurora
  42. sunspots
  43. sunspot cycle/solar maximum/solar minimum
  44. solar flare
  45. active region
  46. Maunder Minimum
  47. fusion
  48. strong force
  49. proton-proton cycle
  50. hydrostatic equilibrium
  51. heat flow: conduction/radiation/convection