Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
TEST BANK
Explorations
Introduction to Astronomy
Thomas T. Arny, Stephen E. Schneider
9th Edition
, Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Cycles of the Sky
Chapter 2 The Rise of Astronomy
Chapter 3 Gravity and Motion
Chapter 4 Light and Atoms
Chapter 5 Telescopes
Chapter 6 The Earth
Chapter 7 The Moon
Chapter 8 Survey of Solar Systems
Chapter 9 The Terrestrial Planets
Chapter 10 The Outer Planets
Chapter 11 Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
Chapter 12 The Sun, Our Star
Chapter 13 Measuring the Properties of Stars
Chapter 14 Stellar Evolution
Chapter 15 Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
Chapter 16 The Milky Way Galaxy
Chapter 17 Galaxies
Chapter 18 Cosmology
, Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
AnkIntroductionktokAstronomy,k9ek(Arny)k
Chapterk1k ThekCycleskofkthekSky
1) DirectlykabovekEarth'skequatorklieskthek inktheksky.
A) NorthkCelestialkPole
B) SouthkCelestialkPole
C) Celestialkequator
D) ecliptic
Answer:k CkDifficult
y:k1kEasy
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSkykBloom's
:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatic
Subtopic:k CelestialkSpherekModel
2) Allkcelestialkobjectskrisekinkthekeastkandksetkinkthekwestkbecause
A) Earthkiskrotatingkfromkeastktokwest.
B) Earthkiskrotatingkfromkwestktokeast.
C) EarthkiskorbitingkaroundkthekSunkfromkeastktokwest.
D) thekcelestialkspherekiskrotatingkfromkeastktokwest.
Answer:k BkDifficult
y:k1kEasy
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSky;kAstronomicalkCycleskBloo
m's:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatic
Subtopic:k CelestialkSpherekModel;kDiurnalkandkAnnualkMotion
3) Whatkiskthekecliptic?
A) theklinekofktheksolarkandklunarkeclipseskonkthekcelestialksphere
B) thekextensionkofkEarth'skpathkonkthekcelestialksphere
C) thekellipticalkshapekofkEarth'skorbitkaroundkthekSun
D) Allkofkthesekchoiceskarekcorrect.
Answer:k BkDifficulty
:k2kMedium
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSkykBloom's
:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatickSubtopic
:k ThekEcliptic
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, Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
4) Whichkofkthekfollowingkstatementskdescribeskthekecliptic?
A) thekpathkofkthekMoonkonkthekcelestialksphere
B) thekextensionkofkEarth'skequatorkonkthekcelestialksphere
C) thekextensionkofkEarth'skpathkonkthekcelestialksphere
D) thekapparentkpathkofkthekSunkacrosskthekcelestialksphere
E) ThekextensionkofkEarth'skequatorkonkthekcelestialkspherekandkthekapparentkpathkofkthekSunka
crosskthekcelestialkspherekarekcorrect.
Answer:k EkDifficulty
:k2kMedium
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSkykBloom's
:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatickSubtopic
:k ThekEcliptic
5) SupposekthatkEarth'skspinkwouldksuddenlykreversekdirection,kbutkthekdirectionkofkEarth'skmotionka
roundkthekSunkwaskpreserved.kWhichkofkthekfollowingkchangeskwouldk youkexpectktokobserve?
A) ThekSunkwouldkrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
B) Thekstarskwouldkrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
C) Thekplanetskwouldkrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
D) Allkofkthesekwouldkbekobserved.
E) Nonekofkthesekchoiceskiskcorrect.
Answer:k DkDifficult
y:k2kMedium
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k AstronomicalkCyclesk
Bloom's:k 2.kUnderstandkGrad
able:k automatic
Subtopic:k DiurnalkandkAnnualkMotion
6) ForksomeonekinkthekNorthernkHemispherekstarskrisekinkthekeastkandksetkinkthekwest.kForks
omeonekinkthekSouthernkHemisphere
A) theksituationkisktheksame—starskalsokrisekinkthekeastkandksetkinkthekwest.
B) thekoppositekisktrue—starskrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
Answer:k AkDifficult
y:k1kEasy
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k AstronomicalkCyclesk
Bloom's:k 2.kUnderstandkGrad
able:k automatic
Subtopic:k DiurnalkandkAnnualkMotion
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TEST BANK
Explorations
Introduction to Astronomy
Thomas T. Arny, Stephen E. Schneider
9th Edition
, Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Cycles of the Sky
Chapter 2 The Rise of Astronomy
Chapter 3 Gravity and Motion
Chapter 4 Light and Atoms
Chapter 5 Telescopes
Chapter 6 The Earth
Chapter 7 The Moon
Chapter 8 Survey of Solar Systems
Chapter 9 The Terrestrial Planets
Chapter 10 The Outer Planets
Chapter 11 Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
Chapter 12 The Sun, Our Star
Chapter 13 Measuring the Properties of Stars
Chapter 14 Stellar Evolution
Chapter 15 Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
Chapter 16 The Milky Way Galaxy
Chapter 17 Galaxies
Chapter 18 Cosmology
, Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
AnkIntroductionktokAstronomy,k9ek(Arny)k
Chapterk1k ThekCycleskofkthekSky
1) DirectlykabovekEarth'skequatorklieskthek inktheksky.
A) NorthkCelestialkPole
B) SouthkCelestialkPole
C) Celestialkequator
D) ecliptic
Answer:k CkDifficult
y:k1kEasy
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSkykBloom's
:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatic
Subtopic:k CelestialkSpherekModel
2) Allkcelestialkobjectskrisekinkthekeastkandksetkinkthekwestkbecause
A) Earthkiskrotatingkfromkeastktokwest.
B) Earthkiskrotatingkfromkwestktokeast.
C) EarthkiskorbitingkaroundkthekSunkfromkeastktokwest.
D) thekcelestialkspherekiskrotatingkfromkeastktokwest.
Answer:k BkDifficult
y:k1kEasy
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSky;kAstronomicalkCycleskBloo
m's:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatic
Subtopic:k CelestialkSpherekModel;kDiurnalkandkAnnualkMotion
3) Whatkiskthekecliptic?
A) theklinekofktheksolarkandklunarkeclipseskonkthekcelestialksphere
B) thekextensionkofkEarth'skpathkonkthekcelestialksphere
C) thekellipticalkshapekofkEarth'skorbitkaroundkthekSun
D) Allkofkthesekchoiceskarekcorrect.
Answer:k BkDifficulty
:k2kMedium
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSkykBloom's
:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatickSubtopic
:k ThekEcliptic
1
, Test Bank – Explorations: Introduction to Astronomy 9th Edition (Arny, 2020)
4) Whichkofkthekfollowingkstatementskdescribeskthekecliptic?
A) thekpathkofkthekMoonkonkthekcelestialksphere
B) thekextensionkofkEarth'skequatorkonkthekcelestialksphere
C) thekextensionkofkEarth'skpathkonkthekcelestialksphere
D) thekapparentkpathkofkthekSunkacrosskthekcelestialksphere
E) ThekextensionkofkEarth'skequatorkonkthekcelestialkspherekandkthekapparentkpathkofkthekSunka
crosskthekcelestialkspherekarekcorrect.
Answer:k EkDifficulty
:k2kMedium
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k LocatingkObjectskinkthekSkykBloom's
:k 1.kRemember
Gradable:k automatickSubtopic
:k ThekEcliptic
5) SupposekthatkEarth'skspinkwouldksuddenlykreversekdirection,kbutkthekdirectionkofkEarth'skmotionka
roundkthekSunkwaskpreserved.kWhichkofkthekfollowingkchangeskwouldk youkexpectktokobserve?
A) ThekSunkwouldkrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
B) Thekstarskwouldkrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
C) Thekplanetskwouldkrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
D) Allkofkthesekwouldkbekobserved.
E) Nonekofkthesekchoiceskiskcorrect.
Answer:k DkDifficult
y:k2kMedium
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k AstronomicalkCyclesk
Bloom's:k 2.kUnderstandkGrad
able:k automatic
Subtopic:k DiurnalkandkAnnualkMotion
6) ForksomeonekinkthekNorthernkHemispherekstarskrisekinkthekeastkandksetkinkthekwest.kForks
omeonekinkthekSouthernkHemisphere
A) theksituationkisktheksame—starskalsokrisekinkthekeastkandksetkinkthekwest.
B) thekoppositekisktrue—starskrisekinkthekwestkandksetkinkthekeast.
Answer:k AkDifficult
y:k1kEasy
Section:k 01.01
Topic:k AstronomicalkCyclesk
Bloom's:k 2.kUnderstandkGrad
able:k automatic
Subtopic:k DiurnalkandkAnnualkMotion
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