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Explorations: Introduction to
Astronomy 9th Edition
Thomas T. Arny
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The Cosmic Landscape
Part I: The Sky and the Universe
1. The Cycles of the Sky
2. The Rise of Astronomy
Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy
3. Gravity and Motion
4. Light and Atoms
Essay 2: Special and General
Relativity
5. Telescopes
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Part II: The Solar System
6. Earth
7. The Moon and Tides
8. The Terrestrial Planets
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9. The Giant Planets
10. Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
Essay 4: Life in the Universe
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Part III: The Stars
11. The Sun, Our Star
12. Measuring the Properties of Stars
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13. Stellar Evolution
14. Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs,
Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
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Part IV: Galaxies and the Universe
15. The Milky Way Galaxy
16. Galaxies
17. Cosmology
Appendices
• Answers to “Test Yourself” sections
• Scientific Notation
• Metric Prefixes
• Solving Distance, Velocity, and
Time Problems
,• Some Useful Formulas
• Glossary
• Index
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, An Introduction to Astronomy, 9e (Arny)
Chapter 1 The Cycles of the Sky
1) Directly above Earth's equator lies the in the sky.
A) North Celestial Pole
B) South Celestial Pole
C) Celestial equator
D) ecliptic
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Locating Objects in the Sky
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
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Subtopic: Celestial Sphere Model
2) All celestial objects rise in the east and set in the west because
A) Earth is rotating from east to west.
B) Earth is rotating from west to east.
C) Earth is orbiting around the Sun from east to west.
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D) the celestial sphere is rotating from east to west.
Answer: B
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Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Locating Objects in the Sky; Astronomical Cycles
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: Celestial Sphere Model; Diurnal and Annual Motion
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3) What is the ecliptic?
A) the line of the solar and lunar eclipses on the celestial sphere
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B) the extension of Earth's path on the celestial sphere
C) the elliptical shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun
D) All of these choices are correct.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.01
Topic: Locating Objects in the Sky
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: The Ecliptic
Explorations: Introduction to
Astronomy 9th Edition
Thomas T. Arny
PR
O
FD
O
C
,Table of Contents
Preview:
The Cosmic Landscape
Part I: The Sky and the Universe
1. The Cycles of the Sky
2. The Rise of Astronomy
Essay 1: Backyard Astronomy
3. Gravity and Motion
4. Light and Atoms
Essay 2: Special and General
Relativity
5. Telescopes
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Part II: The Solar System
6. Earth
7. The Moon and Tides
8. The Terrestrial Planets
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9. The Giant Planets
10. Small Bodies Orbiting the Sun
Essay 4: Life in the Universe
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Part III: The Stars
11. The Sun, Our Star
12. Measuring the Properties of Stars
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13. Stellar Evolution
14. Stellar Remnants: White Dwarfs,
Neutron Stars, and Black Holes
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Part IV: Galaxies and the Universe
15. The Milky Way Galaxy
16. Galaxies
17. Cosmology
Appendices
• Answers to “Test Yourself” sections
• Scientific Notation
• Metric Prefixes
• Solving Distance, Velocity, and
Time Problems
,• Some Useful Formulas
• Glossary
• Index
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, An Introduction to Astronomy, 9e (Arny)
Chapter 1 The Cycles of the Sky
1) Directly above Earth's equator lies the in the sky.
A) North Celestial Pole
B) South Celestial Pole
C) Celestial equator
D) ecliptic
Answer: C
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Locating Objects in the Sky
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
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Subtopic: Celestial Sphere Model
2) All celestial objects rise in the east and set in the west because
A) Earth is rotating from east to west.
B) Earth is rotating from west to east.
C) Earth is orbiting around the Sun from east to west.
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D) the celestial sphere is rotating from east to west.
Answer: B
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Difficulty: 1 Easy
Section: 01.01
Topic: Locating Objects in the Sky; Astronomical Cycles
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: Celestial Sphere Model; Diurnal and Annual Motion
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3) What is the ecliptic?
A) the line of the solar and lunar eclipses on the celestial sphere
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B) the extension of Earth's path on the celestial sphere
C) the elliptical shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun
D) All of these choices are correct.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Section: 01.01
Topic: Locating Objects in the Sky
Bloom's: 1. Remember
Gradable: automatic
Subtopic: The Ecliptic
