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
0.6 Pseudo-Science
& 3.5b Does astrology have any scientific validity?
0.3 The Real World
0.7 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
0.3 The Real World
0.2 Using this in Learning
L 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
3.3a How did Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler challenge Earth-centered ideas?
Quiz #2
S3.4a How do we test predictions of General Relativity?
4.3b What keeps a planet rotating and orbiting the sun?
R 4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation
R 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
& 4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
5.3b What are the phases of matter?
5.2a What is light?
5.2a What is light?
5.2a What is light?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
Quiz #3
L 14.3a What causs solar activity?
R 14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
& 14.3a What causs solar activity?
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
15.1c How do we measure stellar masses?
15.2b What is the significance of the Main Sequence?
15.1a How do we measure stellar luminosities?
15.3a What are the two types of Star Clusters?
Quiz #4
15.3b How do we measure the age of a star cluster?
16.1b Why do stars form?
16.3a What is the smallest mass a newborn star can have?
17.2a What are the life stages of a low-mass star?
17.2b How does a low-mass star die?
17.1a How does a star's mass affect nuclear fusion
& 17.3b How do high-mass stars make the elements of life?
17.3b How do high-mass stars make the elements of life?
18.3c Do black holes really exist?
18.1a What is a white dwarf?
L 18.1b What can happen to a white dwarf in a close binary?
Quiz #5
L 19 Our Galaxy
19.2b Where do stars tend to form in our galaxy?
L 19.3a What clues to our galaxy's history do halo stars hold?
19.3b How did our galaxy form?
& 15.3a What are the two types of Star Clusters?
19.4a What lies in the center of our galaxy?
L 20 Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
L 20.1 Islands of Stars
21.2b What are starbursts?
21.3a What are quasars?
21.3 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei
Quiz #6
22.2b What is the evidence for dark matter in clusters?
22.2a What is the evidence for dark matter in galaxies?
L 22 Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe
23.3b How does inflation explain these aspects?
& 20.3d How does expansion affect distance measurements?
23.2b How do elemental abundances support Big Bang theory?
& 23.2b How do elemental abundances support Big Bang theory?
23.2a How do we observe the radiation from the Big Bang?
23.3b How does inflation explain these aspects?
24.3a Are habitable planets likely?
L 24.5b Where are the aliens?
L 24.4b How does SETI work?
Final Exam Study Guide
0.5 Steps of the Scientific Method
L 0.8 Occam's Razor
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from nonscience?
0.3 The Real World
0.3 The Real World
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
S2.3b Do the effects predicted by relativity really occur?
L 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
L 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
L 5.2a What is light?
L 5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
14.3a What causs solar activity?
14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
15.1b How do we measure stellar temperatures?
15.1c How do we measure stellar masses?
15.2b What is the significance of the Main Sequence?
R 15.1c How do we measure stellar masses?
16.1a Where do stars form?
16.1b Why do stars form?
16.2c How does nuclear fusion begin in a newborn star?
17.3b How do high-mass stars make the elements of life?
17.3b How do high-mass stars make the elements of life?
18.1b What can happen to a white dwarf in a close binary?
18.2a What is a neutron star?
18.1b What can happen to a white dwarf in a close binary?
L 18 The Bizarre Stellar Graveyard
19.3b How did our galaxy form?
19.1c How did we learn the structure of the Milky Way?
19.3a What clues to our galaxy's history do halo stars hold?
19.2b Where do stars tend to form in our galaxy?
L 20 Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
20.1c How are galaxies grouped together?
L 21 Galaxy Evolution
R 21.3 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei
L 21.3 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei
L 21.2a Why do galaxies differ?
22.2d What might dark matter be made of?
22.2a What is the evidence for dark matter in galaxies?
22.2b What is the evidence for dark matter in clusters?
23.1b What is the history of the universe in Big Bang Theory?
23.2b How do elemental abundances support Big Bang theory?
23.3a What aspects were unexplained in orginal Big Bang theory?
24.5b Where are the aliens?
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?