Study Guides for Astro 3 Mon Eve - Fall 08
I've gone through our text and my question bank and found the chapter and subsection within the book which contains the relevant material to answer that question. There are about 10 questions on a typical quiz, so you'll see below for each quiz a list of ~10 section titles, one line for each question. This is so amazingly helpful - Now you can really focus your studying time!
In some cases, the relevant material is in two sections; you'll then see two lines for that question, one of them indented. For most questions, the answer to the question is given explicitly in the section listed. But in some cases, the text doesn't address it well, or at all. In this case, you'll see an "L" out in front. That means consult your notes from my "L"ecture on that material. In some cases, the material spreads through the entire chapter, not a single section within that chapter. In other cases, the section contains all the basic facts, but you'll need to do some reasoning to deduce an answer not given explicitly. In these cases, you'll see an "R" (for "reasoning required").
So, like all good exams, there's a mix of easy, hard, factoid, and inductive reasoning questions. There's even a couple of extra credit questions floating around in my test bank. If you get one, there's no mark-off if you get it wrong, and you get a bonus if you get it right.
Quiz #1
L 2.2b How do we mark the progression of the seasons?
2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
2.1b Why do stars rise and set?
& 2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
2.1b Why do stars rise and set?
1.1c How can we know what the universe was like in the past?
L 2.1a What does the universe look like from earth?
R 2.3a Why do we see phases of the Moon?
2.3b What causes eclipses?
Quiz #2
0.7 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
0.7 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
0.5 Steps of the Scientific Method
0.3 The Real World
0.8 Occam's Razor
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from non-science?
0.4 Scientific Method
R 3.2c Eratosthenes measures the earth
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
2.4b Why was the real explanation for planetary motion rejected?
& 3.2b How did the Greeks explain planetary motion?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
Quiz #3
L 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
L 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion
4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
5.4a What are the three basic types of spectra?
L 5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
L 6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
Quiz #4
7.2a What features of our solar system clue us to how it formed?
R 8 Formation of the Solar System
8.4c How do we explain the existence of our moon?
8.2a Where did the solar system come from?
R 9.1d Why do some planetary interiors create magnetic fields?
9.6a How do we know that Earth's surface is in motion?
L 9.3a What geological processes shaped our Moon?
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
10.4b Why did Mars change?
10.4b Why did Mars change?
Quiz #5
L 11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.3a What are Saturn's rings like?
11.1c What are Jovian planets like on the inside?
& 11.3c Why do the Jovian planets have rings?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.1a Are Jovian planets all alike?
L 12.2a What are comets like?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.4b Did an impact kill the dinosaurs
12.3a How big can a comet be?
Quiz #6
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
13.1 Detecting Extrasolar Planets
13.3a Can we explain the surprising orbits of extrasolar planets?
L 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
L 24.5b Where are the aliens?
L 24 Life in the Universe
10.6c How might human activity change our planet?
24.1c What are the necessities of life?
Final Exam Study Guide
2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
R 2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
L 1.1b How did we come to be?
1.1c How can we know what the universe was like in the past?
L 0.8 Occam's Razor
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from non-science?
0.6 Pseudo-Science
& 3.5b Does astrology have any scientific validity?
0.1 Natural Selection & Development of Mind
3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
2.4b Why was the real explanation for planetary motion rejected?
& 3.2b How did the Greeks explain planetary motion?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
4.3b What keeps a planet rotating and orbiting the sun?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
R 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
5.2a What is light?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures of stars?
5.2a What is light?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
7.2a What features of our solar system clue us to how it formed?
8.3b How did the terrestrial planets form?
& 8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
9.1c What causes geological activity?
L 9 Planetary Geology
& 9.4c What evidence tells us water flowed on Mars?
9.4 Geology of Mars
9.2a What processes shape planetary surfaces?
10.6a How did Earth's atmosphere end up so different?
10.6a How did Earth's atmosphere end up so different?
10.6c How might human activity change our planet?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
11.2c What is special about Titan and other moons?
11.1d What is the weather like on a Jovian planet?
11.3b How do other Jovian ring systems compare to Saturn's?
11.1c What are Jovian planets like on the inside?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
L 13 Other Planetary Systems
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
L 13 Other Planetary Systems
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
14.3c How does solar activity vary with time?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
L 24 Life in the Universe
L 24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
24.1c What are the necessities of life?