You Are an Astronomer Who Wants to Study a Faint

question 30

Multiple Choice

You are an astronomer who wants to study a faint star in the process of being born, which gives off most of its faint radiation in the infra-red. Which of the following would NOT be a step you would want to take?

• A) heat your telescope, so its delicate optics are not cold
• B) try to have your telescope as high above the layers of water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere as possible
• C) shield your telescope from the radiation given off by your graduate students
• D) isolate your telescope in very cold surroundings
• E) make sure your telescope optics are kept as free of dust as possible

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Definitions:

Ventromedial

Pertains to a position that is both towards the bottom and the middle of a structure or an organ; often referenced in neuroscience to describe specific brain regions.

Basolateral

Pertains to the part and structures at the base and side(s) of a cell, often referencing the orientation in epithelial cells.

Corticomedial

Referring to an area of the brain that is in both the cortical and medial regions, often used in the context of the amygdala.

Allocortex

Part of the cerebral cortex (“outer bark”), composed of three or four layers; plays a role in controlling motivational and emotional states as well as in certain forms of memory.