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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Astronomy Today – 9th Edition (ISBN 9780134450278)
Eric Chaisson & Steve McMillan
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Part I: Astronomy and the Universe
Chapter 1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
Chapter 2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
Chapter 3. Radiation: Information from the Cosmos
Chapter 4. Spectroscopy: The Inner Workings of Atoms
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Chapter 5. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy

Part II: Our Planetary System
Chapter 6. The Solar System: An Introduction to Comparative Planetology
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Chapter 7. Earth: Our Home in Space
Chapter 8. The Moon and Mercury: Scorched and Battered Worlds
Chapter 9. Venus: Earth’s Sister Planet
Chapter 10. Mars: A Near Miss for Life?
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Chapter 11. Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System
Chapter 12. Saturn: Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons
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Chapter 13. Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System
Chapter 14. Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin
Chapter 15. The Formation of Planetary Systems: The Solar System and Beyond

Part III: Stars and Stellar Evolution
Chapter 16. The Sun: Our Parent Star
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Chapter 17. The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
Chapter 18. The Interstellar Medium: Gas and Dust among the Stars
Chapter 19. Star Formation: A Traumatic Birth
Chapter 20. Stellar Evolution: The Life and Death of a Star
Chapter 21. Stellar Explosions: Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements
Chapter 22. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter

Part IV: Galaxies and Cosmology
Chapter 23. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
Chapter 24. Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
Chapter 25. Galaxies and Dark Matter: The Large- Scale Structure of the Cosmos
Chapter 26. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
Chapter 27. The Early Universe: Toward the Beginning of Time
Chapter 28. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?




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Astronomy Today, 9e (Chaisson/McMillan)
Chapter 1 Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy

1.1 True/False Questions
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1) The distances to bodies in the solar system are a few light minutes to light hours.
Answer: TRUE
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Section Ref: 1.1

2) A light-year is a measurement of time.
Answer: FALSE AP
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
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Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
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4) Scientific theories are proven by use of the scientific method.


Section Ref: 1.2

5) An accepted scientific theory could still be proven wrong.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
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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
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10) Over the course of a night, Polaris moves less than any other visible star in the sky.
Answer: TRUE
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Section Ref: 1.3

11) There are 3,600 arc seconds in a degree.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.4
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12) At apogee, the Moon is at its farthest from Earth and thus appears smaller than normal.

Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref: 1.5
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Because of this it can produce only annular solar eclipses, but not total solar eclipses.




solar one, then in a month it will rise about 7 PM.
Answer: TRUE
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13) If a star rises about 9 PM tonight, and with the sidereal day being four minutes less than the


Diff: 3
Section Ref: 1.5

14) From Earth, the Sun and Moon have about the same angular diameter.
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Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1
Section Ref: 1.5
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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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