TEST BANK FOR ASTRONOMY A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE 8TH EDITION CHAISSON CHAPTERS 1 - 18, COMPLETE NEWEST VERSION

TEST BANK For Astronomy A Beginners
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t Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson
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t Chapters 1 - 18, Complete
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0. tCharting tthe tHeavens: tThe tFoundations tof tAstronomy

1. tThe tCopernican tRevolution: tThe tBirth tof tModern tScience

2. tLight tand tMatter: tThe tInner tWorkings tof tthe tCosmos

3. tTelescopes: tThe tTools tof tAstronomy

4. tThe tSolar tSystem: tInterplanetary tMatter tand tthe tBirth tof tthe tPlanets

5. tEarth tand tIts tMoon: tOur tCosmic tBackyard

6. tThe tTerrestrial tPlanets: tA tStudy tin tContrasts

7. tThe tJovian tPlanets: tGiants tof tthe tSolar tSystem

8. tMoons, tRings, tand tPlutoids: tSmall tWorlds tAmong tGiants

9. tThe tSun: tOur tParent tStar

10. tMeasuring tthe tStars: tGiants, tDwarfs, tand tthe tMain tSequence

11. tThe tInterstellar tMedium: tStar tFormation tin tthe tMilky tWay

12. tStellar tEvolution: tThe tLives tand tDeaths tof tStars

13. tNeutron tStars tand tBlack tHoles: tStrange tStates tof tMatter

14. tThe tMilky tWay tGalaxy: tA tSpiral tin tSpace

15. tNormal tand tActive tGalaxies: tBuilding tBlocks tof tthe tUniverse

16. tHubble’s tLaw tand tDark tMatter: tThe tLarge-Scale tStructure tof tthe tCosmos

17. tCosmology: tThe tBig tBang tand tthe tFate tof tthe tUniverse

18. tLife tin tthe tUniverse: tAre tWe tAlone?

,Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
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1) Right ascension in the sky is very similar to latitude on the Earth.
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2) Latitude and right ascension are coordinate systems used to find objects on the celestial
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3) The celestial sphere is divided into 88 modern constellations.
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4) In the sky, declination is measured in degrees north or south of the celestial equator.
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5) The south celestial pole is located at a declination of -90 degrees.
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6) In general, the brightest star in a given constellation is designated as alpha.
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7) Constellations are close clusters of stars, all at about the same distance from the Sun.
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, 8) Over 20,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on the darkest, clearest nights.
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9) A star with a right ascension of 2.6 hrs will rise 2.6 hours after the vernal equinox.
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10) A tropical year is the same as a sidereal year.
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11) The sidereal day is determined by the Earth's rotation with respect to the stars.
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12) The vernal equinox marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere.
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13) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
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14) An hour of right ascension corresponds to 60 degrees in the sky.
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15) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
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16) At the solstices, the Sun's declination will be 23.5 degrees from the equator.
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