TEST BANK For Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson Chapters 1 - 18, Complete

TEST BANK For Astronomy A Beginners
Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
Chapters 1 - 18, Complete

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0.jChartingjthejHeavens:jThejFoundationsjofjAstronomy

1.jThejCopernicanjRevolution:jThejBirthjofjModernjScience

2.jLightjandjMatter:jThejInnerjWorkingsjofjthejCosmos

3.jTelescopes:jThejToolsjofjAstronomy

4.jThejSolarjSystem:jInterplanetaryjMatterjandjthejBirthjofjthejPlanets

5.jEarthjandjItsjMoon:jOurjCosmicjBackyard

6.jThejTerrestrialjPlanets:jAjStudyjinjContrasts

7.jThejJovianjPlanets:jGiantsjofjthejSolarjSystem

8.jMoons,jRings,jandjPlutoids:jSmalljWorldsjAmongjGiants

9.jThejSun:jOurjParentjStar

10.jMeasuringjthejStars:jGiants,jDwarfs,jandjthejMainjSequence

11.jThejInterstellarjMedium:jStarjFormationjinjthejMilkyjWay

12.jStellarjEvolution:jThejLivesjandjDeathsjofjStars

13.jNeutronjStarsjandjBlackjHoles:jStrangejStatesjofjMatter

14.jThejMilkyjWayjGalaxy:jAjSpiraljinjSpace

15.jNormaljandjActivejGalaxies:jBuildingjBlocksjofjthejUniverse

16.jHubble’sjLawjandjDarkjMatter:jThejLarge-ScalejStructurejofjthejCosmos

17.jCosmology:jThejBigjBangjandjthejFatejofjthejUniverse

18.jLifejinjthejUniverse:jArejWejAlone?

,Chapterj0j j ChartingjthejHeavens:jThejFoundationsjofjAstronomy

1) RightjascensionjinjthejskyjisjveryjsimilarjtojlatitudejonjthejEarth.jAN
SWER:j FALSE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

2) Latitudejandjrightjascensionjarejcoordinatejsystemsjusedjtojfindjobjectsjonjthejcelestialjsphe
re.
ANSWER:j FALSEj
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

3) Thejcelestialjspherejisjdividedjintoj88jmodernjconstellations.jA
NSWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

4) Injthejsky,jdeclinationjisjmeasuredjinjdegreesjnorthjorjsouthjofjthejcelestialjequator.jAN
SWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

5) Thejsouthjcelestialjpolejisjlocatedjatjajdeclinationjofj-
90jdegrees.jANSWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

6) Injgeneral,jthejbrightestjstarjinjajgivenjconstellationjisjdesignatedjasjalpha.jAN
SWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

7) Constellationsjarejclosejclustersjofjstars,jalljatjaboutjthejsamejdistancejfromjthejSun.jAN
SWER:j FALSE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

, 8) Overj20,000jstarsjarejvisiblejtojthejnakedjeyejonjthejdarkest,jclearestjnights.jAN
SWER:j FALSE
Diff:j2
SectionjRef.:j 0.1

9) Ajstarjwithjajrightjascensionjofj2.6jhrsjwilljrisej2.6jhoursjafterjthejvernaljequinox.jANS
WER:j TRUE
Diff:j3
SectionjRef.:j MorejPrec.j0.1

10) Ajtropicaljyearjisjthejsamejasjajsiderealjyear.jA
NSWER:j FALSE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.2

11) ThejsiderealjdayjisjdeterminedjbyjthejEarth'sjrotationjwithjrespectjtojthejstars.jAN
SWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.2

12) Thejvernaljequinoxjmarksjthejbeginningjofjspringjinjthejnorthernjhemisphere.jAN
SWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.2

13) Therejarej3,600jarcjsecondsjinjajdegree.jA
NSWER:j TRUE
Diff:j2
SectionjRef.:j MorejPrec.j0.1

14) Anjhourjofjrightjascensionjcorrespondsjtoj60jdegreesjinjthejsky.jAN
SWER:j FALSE
Diff:j2
SectionjRef.:j 0.2

15) FromjEarth,jthejSunjandjMoonjhavejaboutjthejsamejangularjdiameter.jAN
SWER:j TRUE
Diff:j1
SectionjRef.:j 0.2

16) Atjthejsolstices,jthejSun'sjdeclinationjwilljbej23.5jdegreesjfromjthejequator.jAN
SWER:j TRUE
Diff:j2
SectionjRef.:j 0.2