The Essential Cosmic Perspective, 6th Edition Test Bank – Jeffrey O. Bennett

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0321633660
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321633668
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Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Sixth Edition provides the most engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features to help enhance student skill building, including new Visual Skills Check end-of-chapter questions that provide an opportunity for students to test their visual interpretation skills, new Cosmic Context Figures that help students synthesize key concepts and processes, and a new comprehensive visual overview of scale to help students explore the scale of time and space. The Sixth Edition has also been fully updated to include the latest astronomical observations, research, and theoretical developments. The text is supported by the most robust package of instructor. Two volumes of this text are also available:

Table contents:

I. DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE

1. Our Place in the Universe

2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself

3. The Science of Astronomy

 

II. KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY

4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity

5. Light: The Cosmic Messenger

 

III. LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS

6. Formation of Planetary Systems: Our Solar System and Beyond

7. Earth and the Terrestrial Worlds

8. Jovian Planet System

9. Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts

 

IV. STARS

10. Our Star

11. Surveying the Stars

12. Star Stuff

13. The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard

 

V. GALAXIES AND BEYOND

14. Our Galaxy

15. Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology

16. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe

17. The Beginning of Time

 

VI. LIFE ON EARTH AND BEYOND

18. Life in the Universe

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