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The Essential Cosmic Perspective,
By Bennett
8th Edition
,Table of content
I. Developing perspective
1. A modern view of the universe
2. Discovering the universe for yourself
3. The science of astronomy
Ii. Key concepts for astronomy
4. Making sense of the universe: understanding motion, energy, and gravity
5. Light: the cosmic messenger
Iii. Learning from other worlds
6. Formation of the solar system
7. Earth and the terrestrial worlds
8. Jovian planet systems
9. Asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets: their nature, orbits, and impacts
10. Other planetary systems: the new science of distant worlds
Iv. Stars
11. Our star
12. Surveying the stars
13. Star stuff
14. The bizarre stellar graveyard
V. Galaxies and beyond
15. Our galaxy
16. A universe of galaxies
17. The birth of the universe
,18. Dark matter, dark energy, and the fate of the universe
Vi. Life on earth and beyond
19. Life in the universe
, The cosmic perspective, 8e (bennett et al.)
Chapter 1 a modern view of the universe
19.1Multiple-choice questions
1) What is the meaning of the word cosmos?
A) The origin of earth and life upon it
B) The light from a distant astronomical object
C) The milky way
D) The sum total of all matter and energy, that is, everything within and between all galaxies
E) the dark
sky answer:
D
2) Which of the following has your "address" in the correct order?
A) You, earth, solar system, local group, local supercluster, milky way
B) You, earth, solar system, milky way, local supercluster, local group
C) You, earth, solar system, local group, milky way, local supercluster
D) You, earth, local group, local supercluster, solar system, milky way
E) you, earth, solar system, milky way, local group, local
supercluster answer: e
3) About where is our solar system located within the milky way galaxy?
A) At the center of the galaxy
B) About 10 percent of the way from the center of the galaxy to the outskirts of the
galactic disk
C) About two-thirds of the way from the center of the galaxy to the outskirts of the
galactic disk
D) Near the far outskirts of the galactic disk
E) In the halo of the galaxy above the
galactic disk answer: c
4) Roughly how many stars are in the milky way galaxy?
A) 1 billion
B) 100 billion
C) 10 billion
D) 100 million
E) 100
Trillion
Answer: b
5) Modern telescopes are capable of seeing bright galaxies up to about
A) 1 million light-years away.
B) 10 million light-years away.
C) 1 billion light-years away.
D) 10 billion light-years away.
E) 1 trillion light-years
The Essential Cosmic Perspective,
By Bennett
8th Edition
,Table of content
I. Developing perspective
1. A modern view of the universe
2. Discovering the universe for yourself
3. The science of astronomy
Ii. Key concepts for astronomy
4. Making sense of the universe: understanding motion, energy, and gravity
5. Light: the cosmic messenger
Iii. Learning from other worlds
6. Formation of the solar system
7. Earth and the terrestrial worlds
8. Jovian planet systems
9. Asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets: their nature, orbits, and impacts
10. Other planetary systems: the new science of distant worlds
Iv. Stars
11. Our star
12. Surveying the stars
13. Star stuff
14. The bizarre stellar graveyard
V. Galaxies and beyond
15. Our galaxy
16. A universe of galaxies
17. The birth of the universe
,18. Dark matter, dark energy, and the fate of the universe
Vi. Life on earth and beyond
19. Life in the universe
, The cosmic perspective, 8e (bennett et al.)
Chapter 1 a modern view of the universe
19.1Multiple-choice questions
1) What is the meaning of the word cosmos?
A) The origin of earth and life upon it
B) The light from a distant astronomical object
C) The milky way
D) The sum total of all matter and energy, that is, everything within and between all galaxies
E) the dark
sky answer:
D
2) Which of the following has your "address" in the correct order?
A) You, earth, solar system, local group, local supercluster, milky way
B) You, earth, solar system, milky way, local supercluster, local group
C) You, earth, solar system, local group, milky way, local supercluster
D) You, earth, local group, local supercluster, solar system, milky way
E) you, earth, solar system, milky way, local group, local
supercluster answer: e
3) About where is our solar system located within the milky way galaxy?
A) At the center of the galaxy
B) About 10 percent of the way from the center of the galaxy to the outskirts of the
galactic disk
C) About two-thirds of the way from the center of the galaxy to the outskirts of the
galactic disk
D) Near the far outskirts of the galactic disk
E) In the halo of the galaxy above the
galactic disk answer: c
4) Roughly how many stars are in the milky way galaxy?
A) 1 billion
B) 100 billion
C) 10 billion
D) 100 million
E) 100
Trillion
Answer: b
5) Modern telescopes are capable of seeing bright galaxies up to about
A) 1 million light-years away.
B) 10 million light-years away.
C) 1 billion light-years away.
D) 10 billion light-years away.
E) 1 trillion light-years
