Stars/Radiative dynamo/Quiz

File:Jupiter Dynamo.jpg

This is an image of a dynamo model suggested for the planet Jupiter. Credit: Robert MacDowall, NASA.

Radiative dynamo is a lecture and an article about a specific aspect of astrophysics applied to plasma, gaseous, liquid, and rocky objects. It is from the Radiation astronomy department initially for the course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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{True or False, The differential profile of the Sun's surface extends into the solar interior as rotating cylinders of constant angular momentum. |type="()"} - TRUE + FALSE

{Complete the text: |type="{}"} Magnetic fields can be created in { stably (i) } stratified (non-convective) layers in a { differentially (i) } rotating star.

{True or False, A magnetic instability in the toroidal field (wound up by differential rotation) replaces the role of convection in opening the field amplification loop. |type="()"} - TRUE + FALSE

{Complete the text: |type="{}"} Match up the characteristics with the type of dynamo: disc dynamo - A geodynamo - B radiative dynamo - C α dynamo - D Ω dynamo - E radiative α-Ω dynamo - F Taylor-Spruit dynamo - G convection { D (i) }. pinch-type instabilites { G (i) }. molten outer core { B (i) }. turbulence, a radiative layer, and differential rotation { F (i) }. radiative layers { C (i) }. differential rotation { E (i) }. a rotating cylinder { A (i) }.

{True or False, For stars more massive than around 15 M_⊙ the Kelvin–Helmholtz turbulence dominates over the magnetic turbulence and a stable field cannot be sustained by a dynamo. |type="()"} + TRUE - FALSE

{What are the requirements for a dynamo to occur and subsequently operate? |type="[]"} - plate tectonics in its past + an electrically conductive fluid medium - a spheroidal object - stripes of crustal magnetism + local magnetohydrodynamic instabilities - transform faults + shear between different parts - two natural satellites + an energy source

{True or False, Any conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy and associated magnetic fields is a dynamo. |type="()"} + TRUE - FALSE

{Which of the following are associated with the dynamo of the Sun? |type="[]"} - plate tectonics in its past + dipole magnetic field - it is spheroidal - stripes of crustal magnetism + a circular electric current flowing deep within the star - it appears to be in hydrostatic equilibrium - transform faults + shear between different parts of the Sun - two natural satellites - it has a radiative zone

{True or False, Electrons in the Earth's magnetosphere are energized by neutral particles from the Sun |type="()"} - TRUE + FALSE

{Which of the following are associated with the geodynamo of Mars? |type="[]"} + plate tectonics in its past - Mars is spheroidal + stripes of crustal magnetism - it appears to be in hydrostatic equilibrium + transform faults - two natural satelites + the direction of the magnetic field changes dramatically from place to place

{True or False, An antidynamo theorem is one of several results that restrict the type of magnetic fields that may be produced by dynamo action. |type="()"} + TRUE - FALSE

{Which phenomena are associated with the heliosphere? |type="[]"} + a region of space where the interstellar medium is blown away by the solar wind + a bubble in space + virtually all the material emanates from the Sun itself - Voyager 2 + Voyager 1 + the termination shock

{True or False, A dynamo taking place in the radiative layers of a star is a radiative dynamo. |type="()"} + TRUE - FALSE

{A disc dynamo has which of the following characteristics? |type="()"} - an alternating current - an electrically insulating disc + a uniform static magnetic field - potential difference between the center of the disc and the magnetic field - the disc rotates in a plane parallel to the magnetic field

{True or False, No axisymmetric magnetic field can be maintained through a self-sustaining dynamo action by an axially symmetric current. |type="()"} + TRUE - FALSE

{Which of the following is associated the Earth's geodynamo? |type="[]"} - the Sun and the Moon + the Earth's magnetic field + convection currents + heat flow from the inner core - ice ages + plate tectonics + the Coriolis force

{True or False, The mathematical symbol $\mathrm{\nabla }$ indicates a differential equation in which only one variable such as 'x' is differentiated. |type="()"} - TRUE + FALSE

{Which geological phenomena are associated with Earth? |type="[]"} + lava-spewing volcanoes - sulfur volcanoes + plate tectonics + water oceans - liquid methane oceans + silicate minerals

{Yes or No, Motion resulting from a magnetodynamic instability may act as a dynamo to sustain a magnetic field. |type="()"} + Yes - No

{Which phenomena are associated with the dynamo of Uranus? |type="[]"} - axisymmetric magnetic field - sulfur volcanoes + non-dipolar - water oceans + bipolar magnetotail + detached bow shock - obtuse rotation

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Hypotheses

1. The dynamo lectures may be better as a part of a magnetohydrodynamics course.

See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Radiation astronomy/Quiz
• Theoretical radiation astronomy/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database
• SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
• Spacecraft Query at NASA.
• Universal coordinate converter