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

,0.5vCharting5vthe5vHeavens:5vThe5vFoundations5vof5vAstronomy

1.5vThe5vCopernican5vRevolution:5vThe5vBirth5vof5vModern5vScience

2.5vLight5vand5vMatter:5vThe5vInner5vWorkings5vof5vthe5vCosmos

3.5vTelescopes:5vThe5vTools5vof5vAstronomy

4.5vThe5vSolar5vSystem:5vInterplanetary5vMatter5vand5vthe5vBirth5vof5vthe5vPlanets

5.5vEarth5vand5vIts5vMoon:5vOur5vCosmic5vBackyard

6.5vThe5vTerrestrial5vPlanets:5vA5vStudy5vin5vContrasts

7.5vThe5vJovian5vPlanets:5vGiants5vof5vthe5vSolar5vSystem

8.5vMoons,5vRings,5vand5vPlutoids:5vSmall5vWorlds5vAmong5vGiants

9.5vThe5vSun:5vOur5vParent5vStar

10.5vMeasuring5vthe5vStars:5vGiants,5vDwarfs,5vand5vthe5vMain5vSequence

11.5vThe5vInterstellar5vMedium:5vStar5vFormation5vin5vthe5vMilky5vWay

12.5vStellar5vEvolution:5vThe5vLives5vand5vDeaths5vof5vStars

13.5vNeutron5vStars5vand5vBlack5vHoles:5vStrange5vStates5vof5vMatter

14.5vThe5vMilky5vWay5vGalaxy:5vA5vSpiral5vin5vSpace

15.5vNormal5vand5vActive5vGalaxies:5vBuilding5vBlocks5vof5vthe5vUniverse

16.5vHubble’s5vLaw5vand5vDark5vMatter:5vThe5vLarge-Scale5vStructure5vof5vthe5vCosmos

17.5vCosmology:5vThe5vBig5vBang5vand5vthe5vFate5vof5vthe5vUniverse

18.5vLife5vin5vthe5vUniverse:5vAre5vWe5vAlone?




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Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

2) Latitude5vand5vright5vascension5vare5vcoordinate5vsystems5vused5vto5vfind5vobjects5von5vthe5v
celestial5vsphere.
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E5vDiff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

3) The5vcelestial5vsphere5vis5vdivided5vinto5v885vmodern5vconstellat
ions.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

4) In5vthe5vsky,5vdeclination5vis5vmeasured5vin5vdegrees5vnorth5vor5vsouth5vof5vthe5vcelestial5v
equator.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

5) The5vsouth5vcelestial5vpole5vis5vlocated5vat5va5vdeclination5vof5v-
905vdegrees.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

6) In5vgeneral,5vthe5vbrightest5vstar5vin5va5vgiven5vconstellation5vis5vdesignated5vas5
valpha.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE

Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

7) Constellations5vare5vclose5vclusters5vof5vstars,5vall5vat5vabout5vthe5vsame5vdistance5vfrom5vt
he5vSun.5vANSWER:5 v FALSE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

, 8) Over5v20,0005vstars5vare5vvisible5vto5vthe5vnaked5veye5von5vthe5vdarkest,5vclearest5
vnights.5vANSWER:5 v FALSE

Diff:5v2
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.1

9) A5vstar5vwith5va5vright5vascension5vof5v2.65vhrs5vwill5vrise5v2.65vhours5vafter5vthe5vvernal5
vequinox.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE

Diff:5v3
Section5vRef.:5 v More5vPrec.5v0.1

10) A5vtropical5vyear5vis5vthe5vsame5vas5va5vsidereal5v
year.5vANSWER:5 v FALSE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.2

11) The5vsidereal5vday5vis5vdetermined5vby5vthe5vEarth's5vrotation5vwith5vrespect5vto5vth
e5vstars.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.2

12) The5vvernal5vequinox5vmarks5vthe5vbeginning5vof5vspring5vin5vthe5vnorthern5vhemis
phere.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.2

13) There5vare5v3,6005varc5vseconds5vin5va5vdeg
ree.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v2
Section5vRef.:5 v More5vPrec.5v0.1

14) An5vhour5vof5vright5vascension5vcorresponds5vto5v605vdegrees5vin5vth
e5vsky.5vANSWER:5 v FALSE
Diff:5v2
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.2

15) From5vEarth,5vthe5vSun5vand5vMoon5vhave5vabout5vthe5vsame5vangular5vdia
meter.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v1
Section5vRef.:5 v 0.2

16) At5vthe5vsolstices,5vthe5vSun's5vdeclination5vwill5vbe5v23.55vdegrees5vfrom5vthe5ve
quator.5vANSWER:5 v TRUE
Diff:5v2
Section5vRef.:5 v 0
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