TEST BANK For Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson Chapters 1 - 18, CompleteTEST BANK For Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson Chapters 1 - 18, CompleteTEST BANK For Astronomy A Beginners Guide to the Universe 8th Edition Chaisson Chapters 1 -...
,Chapter c0 c c Charting cthe cHeavens: cThe cFoundations cof cAstronomy
1) Right cascension cin cthe csky cis cvery csimilar cto clatitude con cthe
cEarth. cANSWER: c FALSE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
2) Latitude cand cright cascension care ccoordinate csystems cused cto cfind cobjects con cthe
ccelestial csphere.
ANSWER:
c FALSE cDiff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
3) The ccelestial csphere cis cdivided cinto c88 cmodern
cconstellations. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
4) In cthe csky, cdeclination cis cmeasured cin cdegrees cnorth cor csouth cof cthe ccelestial
cequator. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
5) The csouth ccelestial cpole cis clocated cat ca cdeclination cof c-90
cdegrees. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
6) In cgeneral, cthe cbrightest cstar cin ca cgiven cconstellation cis cdesignated cas
calpha. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
7) Constellations care cclose cclusters cof cstars, call cat cabout cthe csame cdistance cfrom cthe
cSun. cANSWER: c FALSE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.1
, 8) Over c20,000 cstars care cvisible cto cthe cnaked ceye con cthe cdarkest, cclearest
cnights. cANSWER: c FALSE
Diff: c2
Section cRef.: c 0.1
9) A cstar cwith ca cright cascension cof c2.6 chrs cwill crise c2.6 chours cafter cthe cvernal
cequinox. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c3
Section cRef.: c More cPrec. c0.1
10) A ctropical cyear cis cthe csame cas ca csidereal
cyear. cANSWER: c FALSE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2
11) The csidereal cday cis cdetermined cby cthe cEarth's crotation cwith crespect cto cthe
cstars. c ANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2
12) The cvernal cequinox cmarks cthe cbeginning cof cspring cin cthe cnorthern
chemisphere. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2
13) There care c3,600 carc cseconds cin ca
cdegree. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c2
Section cRef.: c More cPrec. c0.1
14) An chour cof cright cascension ccorresponds cto c60 cdegrees cin cthe
csky. cANSWER: c FALSE
Diff: c2
Section cRef.: c 0.2
15) From cEarth, cthe cSun cand cMoon chave cabout cthe csame cangular
cdiameter. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c1
Section cRef.: c 0.2
16) At cthe csolstices, cthe cSun's cdeclination cwill cbe c23.5 cdegrees cfrom cthe
cequator. cANSWER: c TRUE
Diff: c2
Section cRef.:
c 0.2
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