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0.mChartingmthemHeavens:mThemFoundationsmofmAstronomy

1.mThemCopernicanmRevolution:mThemBirthmofmModernmScience

2.mLightmandmMatter:mThemInnermWorkingsmofmthemCosmos

3.mTelescopes:mThemToolsmofmAstronomy

4.mThemSolarmSystem:mInterplanetarymMattermandmthemBirthmofmthemPlanets

5.mEarthmandmItsmMoon:mOurmCosmicmBackyard

6.mThemTerrestrialmPlanets:mAmStudyminmContrasts

7.mThemJovianmPlanets:mGiantsmofmthemSolarmSystem

8.mMoons,mRings,mandmPlutoids:mSmallmWorldsmAmongmGiants

9.mThemSun:mOurmParentmStar

10.mMeasuringmthemStars:mGiants,mDwarfs,mandmthemMainmSequence

11.mThemInterstellarmMedium:mStarmFormationminmthemMilkymWay

12.mStellarmEvolution:mThemLivesmandmDeathsmofmStars

13.mNeutronmStarsmandmBlackmHoles:mStrangemStatesmofmMatter

14.mThemMilkymWaymGalaxy:mAmSpiralminmSpace

15.mNormalmandmActivemGalaxies:mBuildingmBlocksmofmthemUniverse

16.mHubble’smLawmandmDarkmMatter:mThemLarge-ScalemStructuremofmthemCosmos

17.mCosmology:mThemBigmBangmandmthemFatemofmthemUniverse

18.mLifeminmthemUniverse:mAremWemAlone?

,Chapterm0m m ChartingmthemHeavens:mThemFoundationsmofmAstronomy

1) RightmascensionminmthemskymismverymsimilarmtomlatitudemonmthemEart
h.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

2) Latitudemandmrightmascensionmaremcoordinatemsystemsmusedmtomfindmobjectsmonmthemcelest
ialmsphere.
ANSWER:m FALSE
mDiff:m1

SectionmRef.:m 0.1

3) Themcelestialmspheremismdividedmintom88mmodernmconstellation
s.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

4) Inmthemsky,mdeclinationmismmeasuredminmdegreesmnorthmormsouthmofmthemcelestialmequat
or.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

5) Themsouthmcelestialmpolemismlocatedmatmamdeclinationmofm-
90mdegrees.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

6) Inmgeneral,mthembrightestmstarminmamgivenmconstellationmismdesignatedmasmalph
a.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

7) Constellationsmaremclosemclustersmofmstars,mallmatmaboutmthemsamemdistancemfrommthemS
un.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

, 8) Overm20,000mstarsmaremvisiblemtomthemnakedmeyemonmthemdarkest,mclearestmnigh
ts.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m2
SectionmRef.:m 0.1

9) Amstarmwithmamrightmascensionmofm2.6mhrsmwillmrisem2.6mhoursmaftermthemvernalmequin
ox.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m3
SectionmRef.:m MoremPrec.m0.1

10) Amtropicalmyearmismthemsamemasmamsiderealmyea
r.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2

11) ThemsiderealmdaymismdeterminedmbymthemEarth'smrotationmwithmrespectmtomthemsta
rs.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2

12) Themvernalmequinoxmmarksmthembeginningmofmspringminmthemnorthernmhemispher
e.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2

13) Theremarem3,600marcmsecondsminmamdegre
e.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m2
SectionmRef.:m MoremPrec.m0.1

14) Anmhourmofmrightmascensionmcorrespondsmtom60mdegreesminmthemsk
y.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m2
SectionmRef.:m 0.2

15) FrommEarth,mthemSunmandmMoonmhavemaboutmthemsamemangularmdiamet
er.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2

16) Atmthemsolstices,mthemSun'smdeclinationmwillmbem23.5mdegreesmfrommthemequat
or.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: 0.2