Study
Guide for Astro 10 MW morn - Spr
07
I've gone through our text and my question bank and found the unit and section 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! For example, unit 4 "Foundations of Astronomy" section 1 is given below as "4.1 The Scientific Method", and so on. 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 is spread through the entire unit, not a single section within that unit. 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.
I'm SO generous!
Quiz #1
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0.3 The Real World
0.5 Steps of the Scientific Method
0.7 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
0.4 Scientific Method
L 4.2 The Nature of Matter
2.2 The Milky Way Galaxy
5.4 Latitude and Longitude
8.2 Eclipses
L 5.4 Latitude and Longitude
L 6.5 Solstices and Equinoxes
Quiz
#2
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11.2 Early Ideas of Retrograde Motion
& 11.3 The Heliocentric Model
L 11.3 The Heliocentric Model
16.2
15.1 Acceleration
& 16.2
L 19.1 Cause of Tides
L 19 Tides
30.1 Atmospheric Absorption
21.1 The Nature of Light
25 The Doppler Shift
22.4 Energy Carried by Photons
Quiz
#3
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L 33.4 Formation of the Planets
& 33.5 Late Stage Bombardment
L 34.1 Young Planetary Systems
L 33.4 Formation of the Planets
& 33.5 Late Stage Bombardment
36.3 Interactions of the Atmosphere and Light
& 42.2 The Role of Water and Biology
37.5 The Origin of the Moon
40.2 A Blue Mars?
& 40.3 The Martian Surface
46.4 Pluto, Charon, and Beyond
43.1 The Appearance of Jupiter and Saturn
& 36.4 Air and Ocean Circulation: The Coriolis Effect
45.4 Origin of Planetary Rings
L 41.1 The Discovery of Asteroids
Quiz
#4
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R 49.5 Pressure Balance
R 50.1 The Mystery Behind Sunshine
51.1 Sunspots, Prominences, and Flares
49.3 Energy Transport
50.3 Solar Neutrinos
52.3 Calculating Parallaxes
56.2 Measuring Stellar Masses with Binary Stars
56.2 Measuring Stellar Masses with Binary Stars
R 56.1 Types of Binary Stars
58.2 The Mass-Luminosity Relation
Quiz
#5
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L 60.1 Interstellar Gas Clouds
69.3 The Initial Mass Function
62.3 Electron Degeneracy and Helium Fusion in Low-Mass Stars
61.3 Main Sequence Lifetime of a Star
66.3 Massive Star Supernova Explosions
67.1 Pulsars and the Discovery of Neutron Stars
65.2 The Chandrasekhar Limit
& 65.3 Supernovae of
L 64.4 White Dwarfs
L 64 Mass Loss and Death of Low-Mass Stars
L 64 Mass Loss and Death of Low-Mass Stars
Quiz
#6
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70.3 Globular Clusters and the Size of the Galaxy
73.3 Density Waves and Spiral Arms
70.3 Globular Clusters and the Size of the Galaxy
L 71.2 Formation of our Galaxy
75.2 Differences in Star and Gas Content
77.3 Cause of Activity in Galaxies
75.2 Differences in Star and Gas Content
76.2 Rich and Poor Galaxy Clusters
74.2 The Distances of Galaxies
R 75 Types of Galaxies
Quiz
#7
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78.4 What is Dark Matter?
L 78.4 What is Dark Matter?
L 78.1 Measuring the Mass of a Galaxy
82.4 Dark Energy
80.4 The Curvature of the Universe
& 81.5 Cosmological Problems Solved by Inflation
R 80.2 The Cosmic Microwave Background
L 80 The Edges of the Universe
L 84 The Search for Life Elsewhere
84.4 SETI
L 84 The Search for Life Elsewhere
L 83.4 The Anthropic Principle
Final Exam
Study Guide
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
2.4 Galaxy Clusters and Beyond
6.1 Annual Motion of the Sun
5.4 Latitude and Longitude
R 8.1 Phases of the Moon
L 12.2 The Nature of Planetary Orbits
R 16 The Universal Law of Gravity
R 20.2 Conservation of Angular Momentum
14.3 Forces
22.4 Energy Carried by Photons
25 The Doppler Shift
L 21.5 Atomic Energies
33.1 Radioactive Dating
L 34 Other Planetary Systems
32.1 The Components of the Solar System
36.5 The History of the Oceans and Atmosphere
& 42.2 The Role of Water and Biology
L 40 Mars
46.1 The Galilean Satellites
43.2 The Giant's Interiors
47.5 Meteor Showers
51.4 The Solar Cycle and Terrestrial Climate
49.4 The Solar Atmosphere
49.1 Size and Structure
58.1 Analyzing the H-R Diagram
R 56.1 Types of Binary Stars
R 52.2 Parallax
& 52.3 Calculating Parallaxes
55.5 Spectral Classification Criteria
L 69.1 Types of Star Clusters
61.3 Main Sequence Lifetime of a Star
L 64 Mass Loss and Death of Low-Mass Stars
L 66 Old Age and Death of Massive Stars
64.1 The Fate of Stars like the Sun
68.4 Stretching of Space and Time by Gravitation
71.1 Two Stellar Populations: Pop I and Pop II
R 72.1 Properties of the Interstellar Medium
L 71.1 Two Stellar Populations: Pop I and Pop II
75.2 Differences in Star and Gas Content
74.2 The Distances of Galaxies
L 75 Types of Galaxies
75.1 Galaxy Classifications
76.4 Large Scale Structure
78.2 Dark Matter in Clusters of Galaxies
82.3 The Supernova
80.1 Olber's Paradox
82.4 Dark Energy
L 83.4 The Anthropic Principle
84.3 Are We Alone?
L 84.1 The Search for Life on Mars