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

TEST mBANK mFor mAstronomy mA
mBeginners mGuide mto mthe mUniverse
m8th mEdition mChaisson mChapters m1 m-
m18, mComplete

,Table mof mContents
0. mCharting mthe mHeavens: mThe mFoundations mof mAstronomy


1. mThe mCopernican mRevolution: mThe mBirth mof mModern mScience

2. mLight mand mMatter: mThe mInner mWorkings mof mthe mCosmos


3. mTelescopes: mThe mTools mof mAstronomy


4. mThe mSolar mSystem: mInterplanetary mMatter mand mthe mBirth mof mthe mPlanets


5. mEarth mand mIts mMoon: mOur mCosmic mBackyard

6. mThe mTerrestrial mPlanets: mA mStudy min mContrasts


7. mThe mJovian mPlanets: mGiants mof mthe mSolar mSystem


8. mMoons, mRings, mand mPlutoids: mSmall mWorlds mAmong mGiants


9. mThe mSun: mOur mParent mStar

10. mMeasuring mthe mStars: mGiants, mDwarfs, mand mthe mMain mSequence


11. mThe mInterstellar mMedium: mStar mFormation min mthe mMilky mWay


12. mStellar mEvolution: mThe mLives mand mDeaths mof mStars


13. mNeutron mStars mand mBlack mHoles: mStrange mStates mof mMatter

14. mThe mMilky mWay mGalaxy: mA mSpiral min mSpace

15. mNormal mand mActive mGalaxies: mBuilding mBlocks mof mthe mUniverse


16. mHubble’s mLaw mand mDark mMatter: mThe mLarge-Scale mStructure mof mthe mCosmos


17. mCosmology: mThe mBig mBang mand mthe mFate mof mthe mUniverse

18. mLife min mthe mUniverse: mAre mWe mAlone?

,Chapter m0 m m Charting mthe mHeavens: mThe mFoundations mof mAstronomy

1) Right mascension min mthe msky mis mvery msimilar mto
mlatitude mon mthe mEarth. mANSWER: m FALSE
Diff: m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

2) Latitude mand mright mascension mare mcoordinate msystems mused mto mfind
mobjects mon mthe mcelestial msphere.
ANSWER:
mFALSE mDiff:
m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

3) The mcelestial msphere mis mdivided minto m88 mmodern
mconstellations. mANSWER: m TRUE
Diff: m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

4) In mthe msky, mdeclination mis mmeasured min mdegrees mnorth mor msouth mof
mthe mcelestial mequator. mANSWER: m TRUE
Diff: m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

5) The msouth mcelestial mpole mis mlocated mat ma mdeclination
mof m-90 mdegrees. mANSWER: m TRUE
Diff: m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

6) In mgeneral, mthe mbrightest mstar min ma mgiven mconstellation mis
mdesignated mas malpha. mANSWER: m TRUE
Diff: m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

7) Constellations mare mclose mclusters mof mstars, mall mat mabout mthe msame
mdistance mfrom mthe mSun. mANSWER: m FALSE
Diff: m1
Section mRef.: m 0.1

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