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Guide to the Universe9thEdition Chaisson
Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
,Table of Contents
0. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1. The Coperničan Revolution: The Birth of Modern Sčienče
2. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
3. Telesčopes: The Tools of Astronomy
4. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
5. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmič Bačkyard
6. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
7. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
8. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants
9. The Sun: Our Parent Star
10. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequenče
11. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
12. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
13. Neutron Stars and Blačk Holes: Strange States of Matter
14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Spače
15. Normal and Ačtive Galaxies: Building Bločks of the Universe
16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Sčale Stručture of the Cosmos
17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
,Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1) Right asčension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the Earth.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
2) Latitude and right asčension are čoordinate systems used to find obječts on the čelestial
sphere.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
3) The čelestial sphere is divided into 88 modern čonstellations.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
4) In the sky, dečlination is measured in degrees north or south of the čelestial equator.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
5) The south čelestial pole is ločated at a dečlination of -90 degrees.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
6) In general, the brightest star in a given čonstellation is designated as alpha.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
7) Constellations are člose člusters of stars, all at about the same distanče from the Sun.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
, 8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest, člearest nights.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
9) A star with a right asčension of 2.6 hrs will rise 2.6 hours after the vernal equinox.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 3
Sečtion Ref.: More Preč. 0.1
10) A tropičal year is the same as a sidereal year.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
11) The sidereal day is determined by the Earth's rotation with respečt to the stars.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
12) The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
13) There are 3,600 arč sečonds in a degree.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: More Preč. 0.1
14) An hour of right asčension čorresponds to 60 degrees in the sky.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
15) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
16) At the solstičes, the Sun's dečlination will be 23.5 degrees from the
equator. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
Guide to the Universe9thEdition Chaisson
Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
,Table of Contents
0. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1. The Coperničan Revolution: The Birth of Modern Sčienče
2. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
3. Telesčopes: The Tools of Astronomy
4. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
5. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmič Bačkyard
6. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
7. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
8. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants
9. The Sun: Our Parent Star
10. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequenče
11. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
12. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
13. Neutron Stars and Blačk Holes: Strange States of Matter
14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Spače
15. Normal and Ačtive Galaxies: Building Bločks of the Universe
16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Sčale Stručture of the Cosmos
17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
,Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1) Right asčension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the Earth.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
2) Latitude and right asčension are čoordinate systems used to find obječts on the čelestial
sphere.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
3) The čelestial sphere is divided into 88 modern čonstellations.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
4) In the sky, dečlination is measured in degrees north or south of the čelestial equator.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
5) The south čelestial pole is ločated at a dečlination of -90 degrees.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
6) In general, the brightest star in a given čonstellation is designated as alpha.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
7) Constellations are člose člusters of stars, all at about the same distanče from the Sun.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
, 8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest, člearest nights.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: 0.1
9) A star with a right asčension of 2.6 hrs will rise 2.6 hours after the vernal equinox.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 3
Sečtion Ref.: More Preč. 0.1
10) A tropičal year is the same as a sidereal year.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
11) The sidereal day is determined by the Earth's rotation with respečt to the stars.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
12) The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
13) There are 3,600 arč sečonds in a degree.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: More Preč. 0.1
14) An hour of right asčension čorresponds to 60 degrees in the sky.
ANSWER: FALSE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
15) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 1
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
16) At the solstičes, the Sun's dečlination will be 23.5 degrees from the
equator. ANSWER: TRUE
Diff: 2
Sečtion Ref.: 0.2
