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rs 1 - 18, Complete
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,Table of Contents
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0.mChartingmthemHeavens:mThemFoundationsmofmAstronomy
1.mThemCopernicanmRevolution:mThemBirthmofmModernmScience
2.mLightmandmMatter:mThemInnermWorkingsmofmthemCosmos
3.mTelescopes:mThemToolsmofmAstronomy
4.mThemSolarmSystem:mInterplanetarymMattermandmthemBirthmofmthemPlanets
5.mEarthmandmItsmMoon:mOurmCosmicmBackyard
6.mThemTerrestrialmPlanets:mAmStudyminmContrasts
7.mThemJovianmPlanets:mGiantsmofmthemSolarmSystem
8.mMoons,mRings,mandmPlutoids:mSmallmWorldsmAmongmGiants
9.mThemSun:mOurmParentmStar
10.mMeasuringmthemStars:mGiants,mDwarfs,mandmthemMainmSequence
11.mThemInterstellarmMedium:mStarmFormationminmthemMilkymWay
12.mStellarmEvolution:mThemLivesmandmDeathsmofmStars
13.mNeutronmStarsmandmBlackmHoles:mStrangemStatesmofmMatter
14.mThemMilkymWaymGalaxy:mAmSpiralminmSpace
15.mNormalmandmActivemGalaxies:mBuildingmBlocksmofmthemUniverse
16.mHubble’smLawmandmDarkmMatter:mThemLarge-ScalemStructuremofmthemCosmos
17.mCosmology:mThemBigmBangmandmthemFatemofmthemUniverse
18.mLifeminmthemUniverse:mAremWemAlone?
,Chapterm0m m ChartingmthemHeavens:mThemFoundationsmofmAstronomy
1) RightmascensionminmthemskymismverymsimilarmtomlatitudemonmthemEart
h.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
2) Latitudemandmrightmascensionmaremcoordinatemsystemsmusedmtomfindmobjectsmonmthemcelest
ialmsphere.
ANSWER:m FALSE
mDiff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
3) Themcelestialmspheremismdividedmintom88mmodernmconstellation
s.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
4) Inmthemsky,mdeclinationmismmeasuredminmdegreesmnorthmormsouthmofmthemcelestialmequat
or.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
5) Themsouthmcelestialmpolemismlocatedmatmamdeclinationmofm-
90mdegrees.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
6) Inmgeneral,mthembrightestmstarminmamgivenmconstellationmismdesignatedmasmalph
a.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
7) Constellationsmaremclosemclustersmofmstars,mallmatmaboutmthemsamemdistancemfrommthemS
un.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
, 8) Overm20,000mstarsmaremvisiblemtomthemnakedmeyemonmthemdarkest,mclearestmnigh
ts.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m2
SectionmRef.:m 0.1
9) Amstarmwithmamrightmascensionmofm2.6mhrsmwillmrisem2.6mhoursmaftermthemvernalmequin
ox.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m3
SectionmRef.:m MoremPrec.m0.1
10) Amtropicalmyearmismthemsamemasmamsiderealmyea
r.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2
11) ThemsiderealmdaymismdeterminedmbymthemEarth'smrotationmwithmrespectmtomthemsta
rs.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2
12) Themvernalmequinoxmmarksmthembeginningmofmspringminmthemnorthernmhemispher
e.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2
13) Theremarem3,600marcmsecondsminmamdegre
e.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m2
SectionmRef.:m MoremPrec.m0.1
14) Anmhourmofmrightmascensionmcorrespondsmtom60mdegreesminmthemsk
y.mANSWER:m FALSE
Diff:m2
SectionmRef.:m 0.2
15) FrommEarth,mthemSunmandmMoonmhavemaboutmthemsamemangularmdiamet
er.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff:m1
SectionmRef.:m 0.2
16) Atmthemsolstices,mthemSun'smdeclinationmwillmbem23.5mdegreesmfrommthemequat
or.mANSWER:m TRUE
Diff: 2
Section Ref.: 0.2