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,TEST BANK — Astronomy Today, 9th Edition — Eric Chaisson & Steve McMillan —
ISBN 9780134450278
Chapter 1 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1.1 True/False Questions
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
2) A light-year is a measurement of time.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.1
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: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2
5) An accepted scientific theory could still be proven wrong.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2
6) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3
7) From the South Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3
8) From the North Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead.
Answer: TRUE
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
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.3
11) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
Answer: 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
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.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Section Ref: 1.5
14) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5
15) The full Moon rises around sunrise, and sets around sunset.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5
16) From full Moon to third quarter Moon takes about a week.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5
17) The first quarter Moon will rise about noon, and set about midnight.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5
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Copyright © 2018 Pearson Education, Inc.
,TEST BANK — Astronomy Today, 9th Edition — Eric Chaisson & Steve McMillan —
ISBN 9780134450278
Chapter 1 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
1.1 True/False Questions
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
2) A light-year is a measurement of time.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.1
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: FALSE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2
5) An accepted scientific theory could still be proven wrong.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.2
6) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3
7) From the South Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.3
8) From the North Pole, Polaris would appear directly overhead.
Answer: TRUE
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
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.3
11) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
Answer: 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
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.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3
Section Ref: 1.5
14) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5
15) The full Moon rises around sunrise, and sets around sunset.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5
16) From full Moon to third quarter Moon takes about a week.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5
17) The first quarter Moon will rise about noon, and set about midnight.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5
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