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Homework #5
•Question 5 (1 point) In a lava lamp, heat is transported by blobs of hot wax moving up when they are hot and down when they are cooler. What type of heat transport is this?
 
a. Conduction   b. Radiation   c. Convection   d. No heat is transported.   
• Question 6   (1 point) You're the captain of a Bird of Prey during the Klingon Civil War. You're being pursued by a dishonorable traitor who deserves to die. Directing your ship to the flare star you skim its surface, dodging disruptor fire the whole time. Your sensors pick up a building solar flare, as powerful as anything produced on Earth's sun. If the pursuing ship's shields can absorb the power of a thousand hydrogen bombs, can it survive this flare? (This information IS in your textbook! Check out the two-page spread.)
•a. I'm peaceful and live according to the non-violent principles of Ghandi!
•b. Yes, I must find another way to destroy my pursuer.  
•c. No, he will die like the dog he is! I just hope I can escape it myself, but if I do not they will write an epic poem about my deeds.   
• Question 7   (1 point) Most of the light we see coming from the sun originates in the
 a.chromosphere   b.photosphere   c.corona   d.sunspots   e.magnetic field