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

,TableawofawContents
0.awChartingawtheawHeavens:awTheawFoundationsawofawAstronomy

1.awTheawCopernicanawRevolution:awTheawBirthawofawModernawScience

2.awLightawandawMatter:awTheawInnerawWorkingsawofawtheawCosmos

3.awTelescopes:awTheawToolsawofawAstronomy

4.awTheawSolarawSystem:awInterplanetaryawMatterawandawtheawBirthawofawtheawPlanets

5.awEarthawandawItsawMoon:awOurawCosmicawBackyard

6.awTheawTerrestrialawPlanets:awAawStudyawinawContrasts

7.awTheawJovianawPlanets:awGiantsawofawtheawSolarawSystem

8.awMoons,awRings,awandawPlutoids:awSmallawWorldsawAmongawGiants

9.awTheawSun:awOurawParentawStar

10.awMeasuringawtheawStars:awGiants,awDwarfs,awandawtheawMainawSequence

11.awTheawInterstellarawMedium:awStarawFormationawinawtheawMilkyawWay

12.awStellarawEvolution:awTheawLivesawandawDeathsawofawStars

13.awNeutronawStarsawandawBlackawHoles:awStrangeawStatesawofawMatter

14.awTheawMilkyawWayawGalaxy:awAawSpiralawinawSpace

15.awNormalawandawActiveawGalaxies:awBuildingawBlocksawofawtheawUniverse

16.awHubble’sawLawawandawDarkawMatter:awTheawLarge-ScaleawStructureawofawtheawCosmos

17.awCosmology:awTheawBigawBangawandawtheawFateawofawtheawUniverse

18.awLifeawinawtheawUniverse:awAreawWeawAlone?

,Chapteraw0a w aw ChartingawtheawHeavens:awTheawFoundationsawofawAstronomy

1) Rightawascensionawinawtheawskyawisawveryawsimilarawtoawl
atitudeawonawtheawEarth.awANSWER:a w FALSE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

2) Latitudeawandawrightawascensionawareawcoordinateawsystemsawusedawtoawfindaw
objectsawonawtheawcelestialawsphere.
ANSWER:awFAL
SEawDiff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

3) Theawcelestialawsphereawisawdividedawintoaw88awmoder
nawconstellations.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

4) Inawtheawsky,awdeclinationawisawmeasuredawinawdegreesawnorthaworawsoutha
wofawtheawcelestialawequator.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

5) Theawsouthawcelestialawpoleawisawlocatedawatawaawdeclinati
onawofaw-90awdegrees.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

6) Inawgeneral,awtheawbrightestawstarawinawaawgivenawconstellationawis
awdesignatedawasawalpha.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

7) Constellationsawareawcloseawclustersawofawstars,awallawatawaboutawtheawsame
awdistanceawfromawtheawSun.awANSWER:a w FALSE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

, 8) Overaw20,000awstarsawareawvisibleawtoawtheawnakedaweyeawonawthea
wdarkest,awclearestawnights.awANSWER:a w FALSE
Diff:aw2
SectionawRef.:a w 0.1

9) Aawstarawwithawaawrightawascensionawofaw2.6awhrsawwillawriseaw2.6awhou
rsawafterawtheawvernalawequinox.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw3
SectionawRef.:a w MoreawPrec.aw0.1

10) Aawtropicalawyearawisawtheawsameawasa
waawsiderealawyear.awANSWER:a w FALSE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.2

11) TheawsiderealawdayawisawdeterminedawbyawtheawEarth'sawrotationawwit
hawrespectawtoawtheawstars.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.2

12) Theawvernalawequinoxawmarksawtheawbeginningawofawspringawinawthea
wnorthernawhemisphere.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.2

13) Thereawareaw3,600awarcawsecondsawi
nawaawdegree.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw2
SectionawRef.:a w MoreawPrec.aw0.1

14) Anawhourawofawrightawascensionawcorrespondsawtoaw60aw
degreesawinawtheawsky.awANSWER:a w FALSE
Diff:aw2
SectionawRef.:a w 0.2

15) FromawEarth,awtheawSunawandawMoonawhaveawaboutawtheawsa
meawangularawdiameter.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw1
SectionawRef.:a w 0.2

16) Atawtheawsolstices,awtheawSun'sawdeclinationawwillawbeaw23.5awdegre
esawfromawtheawequator.awANSWER:a w TRUE
Diff:aw2
SectionawRef.:a
w 0.2