Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the Universe 7th edition by Chaisson - Test Bank

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0. ChartingtheHeavens:TheFoundationsofAstronomy n n




1. TheCopernicanRevolution:TheBirthof ModernScience
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2. LightandMatter:TheInnerWorkingsoftheCosmos
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3. Telescopes:TheToolsofAstronomy n n




4. The SolarSystem:Interplanetary MatterandtheBirthof thePlanets
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5. EarthandItsMoon:OurCosmic Backyard
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6. TheTerrestrialPlanets:A StudyinContrasts
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7. TheJovianPlanets:GiantsoftheSolarSystem
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8. Moons,Rings,andPlutoids:SmallWorldsAmongGiants
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9. TheSun:OurParent Star
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10. MeasuringtheStars:Giants,Dwarfs,andthe Main Sequence n n




11. TheInterstellarMedium:StarFormationintheMilkyWay n n n n




12. StellarEvolution:TheLivesandDeathsofStars n n n




13. NeutronStarsandBlackHoles:StrangeStatesofMatter
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14. The MilkyWayGalaxy:ASpiralinSpace
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15. NormalandActiveGalaxies:BuildingBlocksoftheUniverse n n n n




16. Hubble’s Law andDark Matter: The Large-Scale Structureof theCosmos
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17. Cosmology: TheBig Bangand theFateofthe Universe
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18. LifeintheUniverse:AreWeAlone? n

,Chapter0 ChartingtheHeavens:TheFoundationsofAstronomy
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1) RightascensionintheskyisverysimilartolatitudeontheEarth.
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2) Latitudeandrightascensionarecoordinatesystemsusedtofindobjectsonthecelestial
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3) Thecelestialsphereisdividedinto88modernconstellations. b




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4) Inthesky,declinationismeasuredindegreesnorthorsouthofthecelestialequator. b b




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5) Thesouthcelestialpoleislocatedatadeclinationof-90degrees.
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6) Ingeneral,thebrighteststarinagivenconstellationisdesignatedasalpha.
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7) Constellationsarecloseclustersofstars,allataboutthesamedistancefromtheSun.
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, 8) Over20,000starsarevisibletothenakedeyeonthedarkest,clearestnights.
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9) Astarwitharightascensionof2.6hrswillrise2.6hoursafterthevernalequinox.
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10) Atropicalyearisthesameasasiderealyear.
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11) ThesiderealdayisdeterminedbytheEarth'srotationwithrespecttothestars. b b b




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12) Thevernalequinoxmarksthebeginningofspringinthenorthernhemisphere. b b b




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13) Thereare3,600arcsecondsinadegree.
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14) Anhourofrightascensioncorrespondsto60degreesinthesky.
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15) FromEarth,theSunandMoonhaveaboutthesameangulardiameter.
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16) Atthesolstices,theSun'sdeclinationwillbe23.5degreesfromtheequator.
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