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2nd Year Physics Chapter 9 Test23. Cosmology

30 marks · 40 minutes · 21 questions. Covers: 23. Cosmology.

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2nd Year Physics Chapter 9 Test

2nd Year · Physics · Federal (FBISE)

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Q1. Multiple choice questions (Attempt all · 10 × 1 = 10)

  1. The balloon model shows that as the balloon expands:
    1. Dots remain at the same distance
    2. Dots move closer
    3. Dots move farther apart
    4. Dots disappear
  2. Another important example of a standard candle is:
    1. Type 1A supernovae
    2. Pulsars
    3. White dwarfs
    4. Black dwarfs
  3. Which law states that brightness of a source is inversely proportional to the square of its distance
    1. Law of brightness
    2. Direct Square Law of brightness
    3. Inverse Square Law of brightness
    4. Inverse Square Law of light
  4. Luminosity depends on
    1. Size of the star
    2. Temperature of the star
    3. Colour of the star
    4. Option 1 and 2
  5. A black body is:
    1. A perfectly reflecting object
    2. A perfectly transparent object
    3. An ideal, perfectly opaque and non-reflecting object
    4. A partial absorber
  6. The absorption and emission spectra of an element are:
    1. Identical
    2. Inverse of each other
    3. Random
    4. Independent
  7. The orbit height of the Hubble Space Telescope above Earth is:
    1. 200 km
    2. 340 km
    3. 540 km
    4. 1500 km
  8. The James Webb Space Telescope was launched in:
    1. 2015
    2. 2018
    3. 2021
    4. 2024
  9. The Doppler effect is a change in:
    1. Mass
    2. Velocity
    3. Wavelength or frequency
    4. Brightness
  10. SI unit of Luminosity is
    1. watts
    2. joules
    3. newtons/meter
    4. cd/m

Q2. Short questions (Attempt any 6 of 8 · 6 × 2 = 12)

  1. Explain the effect of temperature on the intensity and wavelength of black body radiation.
  2. State Wien’s displacement law and write its mathematical form.
  3. How does the color of a star indicate its surface temperature?
  4. Give the equation used to calculate distance of a standard candle.
  5. Define absorption spectrum.
  6. Define radiant flux intensity.
  7. Explain the balloon analogy of expanding universe.
  8. Write the relation between luminosity (L) and radiant flux intensity (F).

Q3. Long questions (Attempt any 2 of 3 · 2 × 4 = 8)

  1. Explain how the radius of a star can be estimated by applying Wien’s displacement law and the Stefan-Boltzmann law.
  2. Explain the term luminosity and radiant flux intensity.
  3. State and explain Hubble’s Law. How does it lead to the Big Bang Theory? Discuss with reference to galaxy recession, redshift evidence, and estimation of the age of the universe.