Astronomy: A Beginner’s Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson | Complete Test Bank A+

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

,Table of Contents
0. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy

1. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science

2. Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos

3. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy

4. The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets

5. Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard

6. The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts

7. The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System

8. Moons, Rings, and Plutoids: Small Worlds Among Giants

9. The Sun: Our Parent Star

10. Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence

11. The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way

12. Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars

13. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter

14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space

15. Normal and Active Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe

16. Hubble’s Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos

17. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe

18. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?

,Chapter 0 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy

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
sphere.
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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 dsouth dcelestial dpole dis dlocated dat da ddeclination dof d-90
ddegrees. dANSWER: d TRUE
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6) In dgeneral, dthe dbrightest dstar din da dgiven dconstellation dis ddesignated das
dalpha. dANSWER: d TRUE
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7) Constellations dare dclose dclusters dof dstars, dall dat dabout dthe dsame ddistance dfrom
dthe dSun. dANSWER: d FALSE
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, 8) Over d20,000 dstars dare dvisible dto dthe dnaked deye don dthe ddarkest, dclearest
dnights. dANSWER: d FALSE
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9) A dstar dwith da dright dascension dof d2.6 dhrs dwill drise d2.6 dhours dafter dthe dvernal
dequinox. dANSWER: d TRUE
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10) A dtropical dyear dis dthe dsame das da dsidereal
dyear. dANSWER: d FALSE
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11) The dsidereal dday dis ddetermined dby dthe dEarth's drotation dwith drespect dto
dthe dstars. dANSWER: d TRUE
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12) The dvernal dequinox dmarks dthe dbeginning dof dspring din dthe dnorthern
dhemisphere. dANSWER: d TRUE
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13) There dare d3,600 darc dseconds din da
ddegree. dANSWER: d TRUE
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14) An dhour dof dright dascension dcorresponds dto d60 ddegrees din
dthe dsky. dANSWER: d FALSE
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15) From dEarth, dthe dSun dand dMoon dhave dabout dthe dsame dangular
ddiameter. dANSWER: d TRUE
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16) At dthe dsolstices, dthe dSun's ddeclination dwill dbe d23.5 ddegrees dfrom dthe
dequator. dANSWER: d TRUE
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