TEST BANK Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the universe 8th Edition by Chaisson all Chapters 1-18 complete, ISBN: 9780134241210

TEST BANK
Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the universe
8th Edition by Chaisson
all Chapters 1-18

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0.yChartingytheyHeavens:yTheyFoundationsyofyAstronomy

1.yTheyCopernicanyRevolution:yTheyBirthyofyModernyScience


2.yLightyandyMatter:yTheyInneryWorkingsyofytheyCosmos

3.yTelescopes:yTheyToolsyofyAstronomy


4.yTheySolarySystem:yInterplanetaryyMatteryandytheyBirthyofytheyPlanets

5.yEarthyandyItsyMoon:yOuryCosmicyBackyard


6.yTheyTerrestrialyPlanets:yAyStudyyinyContrasts

7.yTheyJovianyPlanets:yGiantsyofytheySolarySystem


8.yMoons,yRings,yandyPlutoids:ySmallyWorldsyAmongyGiants


9.yTheySun:yOuryParentyStar

10.yMeasuringytheyStars:yGiants,yDwarfs,yandytheyMainySequence


11.yTheyInterstellaryMedium:yStaryFormationyinytheyMilkyyWay

12.yStellaryEvolution:yTheyLivesyandyDeathsyofyStars


13.yNeutronyStarsyandyBlackyHoles:yStrangeyStatesyofyMatter

14.yTheyMilkyyWayyGalaxy:yAySpiralyinySpace


15.yNormalyandyActiveyGalaxies:yBuildingyBlocksyofytheyUniverse


16.yHubble’syLawyandyDarkyMatter:yTheyLarge-ScaleyStructureyofytheyCosmos

17.yCosmology:yTheyBigyBangyandytheyFateyofytheyUniverse


18.yLifeyinytheyUniverse:yAreyWeyAlone?

,Chaptery0y y ChartingytheyHeavens:yTheyFoundationsyofyAstronomy

1) RightyascensionyinytheyskyyisyveryysimilarytoylatitudeyonytheyEarth.y
ANSWER:y FALSE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

2) Latitudeyandyrightyascensionyareycoordinateysystemsyusedytoyfindyobjectsyonytheycelestialys
phere.
ANSWER:y FALSEy
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

3) Theycelestialysphereyisydividedyintoy88ymodernyconstellations.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

4) Inytheysky,ydeclinationyisymeasuredyinydegreesynorthyorysouthyofytheycelestialyequator.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

5) Theysouthycelestialypoleyisylocatedyatyaydeclinationyofy-
90ydegrees.yANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

6) Inygeneral,ytheybrightestystaryinyaygivenyconstellationyisydesignatedyasyalpha.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

7) Constellationsyareycloseyclustersyofystars,yallyatyaboutytheysameydistanceyfromytheySun.y
ANSWER:y FALSE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

, 8) Overy20,000ystarsyareyvisibleytoytheynakedyeyeyonytheydarkest,yclearestynights.y
ANSWER:y FALSE
Diff:y2
SectionyRef.:y 0.1

9) Aystarywithyayrightyascensionyofy2.6yhrsywillyrisey2.6yhoursyafterytheyvernalyequinox.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y3
SectionyRef.:y MoreyPrec.y0.1

10) Aytropicalyyearyisytheysameyasyaysiderealyyear.y
ANSWER:y FALSE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.2

11) TheysiderealydayyisydeterminedybyytheyEarth'syrotationywithyrespectytoytheystars.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.2

12) Theyvernalyequinoxymarksytheybeginningyofyspringyinytheynorthernyhemisphere.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.2

13) Thereyarey3,600yarcysecondsyinyaydegree.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y2
SectionyRef.:y MoreyPrec.y0.1

14) Anyhouryofyrightyascensionycorrespondsytoy60ydegreesyinytheysky.y
ANSWER:y FALSE
Diff:y2
SectionyRef.:y 0.2

15) FromyEarth,ytheySunyandyMoonyhaveyaboutytheysameyangularydiameter.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y1
SectionyRef.:y 0.2

16) Atytheysolstices,ytheySun'sydeclinationywillybey23.5ydegreesyfromytheyequator.y
ANSWER:y TRUE
Diff:y2
SectionyRef.:y 0.2