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TEST BANK
Astronomy Today, 9th edition
By Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan
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, Table of Content
I. ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE
1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
3. Radiation: Information from the Cosmos
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4. Spectroscopy: The Inner Workings of Atoms
5. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
II. OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM
6. The Solar System: An Introduction to Comparative Planetology
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7. Earth: Our Home in Space
8. The Moon and Mercury: Scorched and Battered Worlds
9. Venus: Earth's Sister Planet
10. Mars: A Near Miss for Life?
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11. Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System
12. Saturn: Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons
13. Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System
14. Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin
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15. The Formation of Planetary Systems: The Solar System and Beyond
III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION
16. The Sun: Our Parent Star
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17. The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
18. The Interstellar Medium: Gas and Dust among the Stars
19. Star Formation: A Traumatic Birth
20. Stellar Evolution: The Life and Death of a Star
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21. Stellar Explosions: Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements
22. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
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IV. GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
23. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
24. Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
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25. Galaxies and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
26. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
27. The Early Universe: Toward the Beginning of Time
28. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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TEST BANK FOR
Astronomy Today, 9e (Chaisson/McMillan)
Chapter 1 Ch artin g the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy

1.1 True/False Questions
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1) The distances to bodies in the solar system are a few light minutes to light hours. Answer:
TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.1
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2) A light-year is a measurement of time. Answer:
FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.1
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3) It was Aristotle who used the scientific method to show the Earth was a sphere. Answer:
TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2

4) Scientific theories are proven by use of the scientific method. Answer:
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FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2
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5) An accepted scientific theory could still be proven wrong. Answer:
TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2
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6) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun. Answer:
FALSE
Diff: 1
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Section Ref: 1.3

7) From the South Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead. Answer:
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FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3

8) From the North Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead. Answer:
TRUE
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Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3

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9) Only at the equator are all the stars visible over the course of the year. Answer:
TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3

10) Over the course of a night, Polaris moves less than any other visible star in the sky. Answer:
TRUE
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Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.3

11) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree. Answer:
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TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.4

12) At apogee, the Moon is at its farthest from Earth and thus appears smaller than normal. Because
of this it can produce only annular solar eclipses, but not total solar eclipses. Answer: TRUE
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Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5

13) If a star rises about 9 PM tonight, and with the sidereal day being four minutes less than the solar
one, then in a month it will rise about 7 PM.
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Answer: TRUE Diff: 3
Section Ref: 1.5

14) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter. Answer:
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TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5

15) The full Moon rises around sunrise, and sets around sunset. Answer:
FALSE
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Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5
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16) From full Moon to third quarter Moon takes about a week. Answer:
TRUE
Diff: 2
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Section Ref: 1.5

17) The first quarter Moon will rise about noon, and set about midnight. Answer:
TRUE
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Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5