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0.AChartingAtheAHeavens:ATheAFoundationsAofAAstronomy


1.ATheACopernicanARevolution:ATheABirthAofAModernAScience


2.ALightAandAMatter:ATheAInnerAWorkingsAofAtheACosmos


3.ATelescopes:ATheAToolsAofAAstronomy


4.ATheASolarASystem:AInterplanetaryAMatterAandAtheABirthAofAtheAPlanets


5.AEarthAandAItsAMoon:AOurACosmicABackyard


6.ATheATerrestrialAPlanets:AAAStudyAinAContrasts


7.ATheAJovianAPlanets:AGiantsAofAtheASolarASystem


8.AMoons,ARings,AandAPlutoids:ASmallAWorldsAAmongAGiants


9.ATheASun:AOurAParentAStar


10.AMeasuringAtheAStars:AGiants,ADwarfs,AandAtheAMainASequence


11.ATheAInterstellarAMedium:AStarAFormationAinAtheAMilkyAWay


12.AStellarAEvolution:ATheALivesAandADeathsAofAStars


13.ANeutronAStarsAandABlackAHoles:AStrangeAStatesAofAMatter


14.ATheAMilkyAWayAGalaxy:AAASpiralAinASpace


15.ANormalAandAActiveAGalaxies:ABuildingABlocksAofAtheAUniverse


16.AHubble’sALawAandADarkAMatter:ATheALarge-ScaleAStructureAofAtheACosmos


17.ACosmology:ATheABigABangAandAtheAFateAofAtheAUniverse


18.ALifeAinAtheAUniverse:AAreAWeAAlone?

,ChapterA0A A ChartingAtheAHeavens:ATheAFoundationsAofAAstronomy

1) RightAascensionAinAtheAskyAisAveryAsimilarAtoAlatitudeAonAtheAEart
h.AANSWER:A FALSE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.1

2) LatitudeAandArightAascensionAareAcoordinateAsystemsAusedAtoAfindAobjectsAonAtheAcelesti
alAsphere.
ANSWER:A FALSE
ADiff:A1

SectionARef.:A 0.1

3) TheAcelestialAsphereAisAdividedAintoA88AmodernAconstellations
.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.1

4) InAtheAsky,AdeclinationAisAmeasuredAinAdegreesAnorthAorAsouthAofAtheAcelestialAequato
r.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.1

5) TheAsouthAcelestialApoleAisAlocatedAatAaAdeclinationAofA-
90Adegrees.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.1

6) InAgeneral,AtheAbrightestAstarAinAaAgivenAconstellationAisAdesignatedAasAalph
a.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.1

7) ConstellationsAareAcloseAclustersAofAstars,AallAatAaboutAtheAsameAdistanceAfromAtheASu
n.AANSWER:A FALSE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.1

, 8) OverA20,000AstarsAareAvisibleAtoAtheAnakedAeyeAonAtheAdarkest,AclearestAnight
s.AANSWER:A FALSE
Diff:A2
SectionARef.:A 0.1

9) AAstarAwithAaArightAascensionAofA2.6AhrsAwillAriseA2.6AhoursAafterAtheAvernalAequino
x.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A3
SectionARef.:A MoreAPrec.A0.1

10) AAtropicalAyearAisAtheAsameAasAaAsiderealAyea
r.AANSWER:A FALSE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.2

11) TheAsiderealAdayAisAdeterminedAbyAtheAEarth'sArotationAwithArespectAtoAtheAstar
s.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.2

12) TheAvernalAequinoxAmarksAtheAbeginningAofAspringAinAtheAnorthernAhemispher
e.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.2

13) ThereAareA3,600AarcAsecondsAinAaAdegree
.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A2
SectionARef.:A MoreAPrec.A0.1

14) AnAhourAofArightAascensionAcorrespondsAtoA60AdegreesAinAtheAsk
y.AANSWER:A FALSE
Diff:A2
SectionARef.:A 0.2

15) FromAEarth,AtheASunAandAMoonAhaveAaboutAtheAsameAangularAdiamete
r.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A1
SectionARef.:A 0.2

16) AtAtheAsolstices,AtheASun'sAdeclinationAwillAbeA23.5AdegreesAfromAtheAequato
r.AANSWER:A TRUE
Diff:A2
SectionARef.:A 0.2