Test Bank for Explorations introduction to astronomy 9th edition by Thomas T Arny Chapters 1-18 Covered

, Test Bank
Explorations introduction to astronomy
9th edition by Thomas T Arny
Chapters 1-18 Covered




TABLEOF CONTENT n n




Preview The Cosmic Landscape
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Chapter 1 The Cycles ofthe Sky
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Chapter 2 The Rise ofAstronomy
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Essay 1 Backyard Astronomy
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Chapter 3 Gravity and Motion
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Chapter 4 Light and Atoms
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Essay 2 Special and General Relativity
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Chapter 5 Telescopes
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Chapter 6 Earth n n




Essay 3 Keeping Time
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Chapter 7 The Moonn n n




Chapter 8 Survey ofSolar Systems
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Chapter 9 The Terrestrial Planets
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Chapter 10 The Outer Planets
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Chapter 11 Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
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,Chapter 12 The Sun, Our Star
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Chapter 13 Measuring the Properties of Stars
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Chapter 14 Stellar Evolution
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Chapter 15 StellarRemnants: White Dwarfs,NeutronStars, and Black Holes
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Chapter 16 The Milky Way Galaxy
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Chapter 17 Galaxies n n




Chapter 18Cosmology n n




Essay 4 Life in theUniverse
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Answers to Test Yourself n n n




Appendix

Scientific Notation n




Metric Prefixes
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Solving Distance, Velocity, Time (d, V, t) Problems
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Some UsefulFormulas
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Glossary

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apter 1 The Cycles of the Sky
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1) Directly above Earth's equator lies the n n n n n n in the sky. n n




A) NorthCelestial Pole n n




B) SouthCelestialPole n n




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D) ecliptic

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Topic: LocatingObjectsintheSky Bloom's: 1.
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Subtopic: CelestialSphereModel n n n




2) Allcelestial objectsrise in the eastand set in the westbecause
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A) Earth isrotating fromeast towest. n n n n n n




B) Earth isrotating fromwest toeast. n n n n n n




C) Earth isorbiting around the Sun fromeast to west. n n n n n n n n n




D) thecelestial sphereisrotating fromeast towest.
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Topic: LocatingObjectsintheSky;AstronomicalCycles Bloom's:
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1. Remember
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Subtopic: CelestialSphereModel; Diurnaland Annual Motion n n n n n n n




3) Whatis the ecliptic? n n n




A) thelineofthe solar and lunar eclipses on thecelestial sphere
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B) theextension ofEarth'spath on the celestial sphere
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C) theelliptical shape ofEarth's orbitaround theSun
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D) Allof thesechoices are correct.
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