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21st Century Astronomy
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The role of neutrinos in understanding sun’s core.

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The capture of too few solar neutrinos by Davis in the solar neutrino experiment   a. can be explained if the sun is not undergoing thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen in its core.   b. indicates that the sun’s core is much cooler than expected.   c. indicates that the sun’s core is much hotter than expected.   d. indicates that the sun’s core is convective.   e. is explained by none of the above.
How are neutrinos observed?   a. by using a large tank of cleaning fluid buried deep in beneath Earth’s surface   b. by using spectral observations   c. by using a radio receiver   d. by using a Schmidt-Cassegrain focus   e. by using a magneto-hydrodynamic detector
The sunspot cycle affects   I. the latitude at which sunspots are visible at a given time.   II. the number of sunspots that are visible at a given time.   III. the rotation rate of the sun’s equator at a given time.   IV. the magnetic polarity of the sunspots at a given time.   a. I & II   b. I & IV   c. II & III   d. I, II & III   e. I, II, & IV
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