Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the Universe 7th edition by Chaisson - Test Bank

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tothe Universe 8th Edition Chaisson Chapters 1-
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0. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
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1. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
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2. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
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3. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
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4. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
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5. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard
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6. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
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7. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
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8. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants
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9. The Sun: Our Parent Star
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10. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
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11. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
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12. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
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13. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
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14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
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15. Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
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16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
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17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
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18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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,Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
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1) Right ascension in theskyisverysimilar to latitude ontheEarth.
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2) Latitude and right ascensionare coordinate systemsusedto findobjects onthecelestial
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sphere.
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3) Thecelestial sphereisdividedinto88modernconstellations.
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4) Inthe sky, declination ismeasured in degrees northorsouthofthe celestial equator.
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5) Thesouth celestial poleislocated atadeclination of-90degrees.
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6) Ingeneral, thebrightest starina givenconstellation isdesignated asalpha.
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7) Constellations areclose clustersofstars,all at aboutthe samedistance from theSun.
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, 8) Over20,000 stars are visible tothenaked eyeonthe darkest, clearest nights.
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9) A star with aright ascension of 2.6 hrs willrise2.6 hours after the vernal equinox.
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10) Atropical yearisthesame asasidereal year.
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11) The sidereal dayis determined bythe Earth's rotation withrespect tothe stars.
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12) Thevernal equinoxmarks thebeginningofspringinthenorthernhemisphere.
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13) Thereare3,600arcsecondsinadegree. b b b b b b b




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14) Anhourofright ascension corresponds to60 degrees inthe sky.
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15) FromEarth,theSunand Moonhaveabout thesameangulardiameter.
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16) Atthe solstices,the Sun's declination will be23.5degrees from theequator.
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