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 reasoning
questions. There's even a few 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.
Web Readings: Under Quiz #1, note Chapter 0 sections (e.g. 0.1 "Natural Selection and Development of Mind"), and "On Teaching". Later in the semester, we'll have a lecture on Earth climate change, not in the text at all, so especially review the PowerPoint I gave in class, study guide here labelled "Chapter 30".
Quiz #1
0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
& 3.5b Does astrology have any scientific validity?
0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
0.3 The Real World
0.3 The Real World
0.7 Pseudo-Science
& 3.5b Does astrology have any scientific validity?
T Web essay "On Teaching"
R 2 Discovering the Universe for Yourself
2.1b Why do stars rise and set?
& 2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
L 2.2a What causes the seasons?
L 1.1b How did we come to be?
Quiz #2
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
& 2.1b Why do stars rise and set?
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
2.4b Why ancient Greeks rejected real explanation of planetary motion?
& 3.2b How did the Greeks explain planetary motion?
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
4.3b What keeps a planet rotating and orbiting the sun?
R 4.4b How does Newton's law of gravity extend Kepler's Laws?
& 4.1b How is mass different from weight?
Quiz #3
5.4a What are the three basic types of spectra?
5.2a What is light?
L 5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
L 5.4b How does light tell us what things are made of?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures?
L 5.2a What is light?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
6.4a How do we observe invisible light?
Quiz #4
7.2a What features of our solar system clue us to how it formed?
7.2a What features of our solar system clue us to how it formed?
8.1b What theory best explains the features of our solar system?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
8.3a Why are there two major types of planets?
9.4 Geology of Mars
9.1c What causes geological activity?
10.4a What is Mars like today?
10.4a What is Mars like today?
10.6a How did Earth's atmosphere end up so different?
10.2d How does a planet gain or lose atmospheric gases?
Quiz #5
L 11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
& 24.2b Could there be life on Europa or other Jovian moons?
11.3b How do other Jovian ring systems compare to Saturn's?
11.1d What is the weather like on Jovian planets?
L 12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
12.1a What are asteroids like?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
L 30.17 Replacing coal with Nat Gas will cause initial temperature INcrease, then slower rise rate thereafter
L 30.10 SeaLevel rise if CO2 levels stay at current 400ppm will be ~24m = 80ft higher when it finally stabilizes
L 30.12 Princeton research found Congress listens only to the Economic Elites, not avg citizens. Know the correlation coefficients!
L 30.20 Need 11 sq miles per day of new solar PV panel area just to keep CO2 emission rates constant, with 2% annual global economic growth
Quiz #6
13.3a Can we explain the surprising orbits of extrasolar planets?
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
L 13 Other Planetary Systems
L 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.1b Why does the sun shine?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.5b Where are the aliens?
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.1c What are the necessities of life?
Final Exam Study Guide
L 0 Chapter 0: Science and Clear Thinking
L 0.9 Occam's Razor
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from nonscience?
T Web essay "On Teaching"
R 2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
& S1.2b How do stars move through the local sky?
L 2.2a What causes the seasons?
R 3.2c Eratosthenes measures the earth
2.4b Why ancient Greeks rejected real explanation of planetary motion?
& 3.2b How did the Greeks explain planetary motion?
R 4 Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
L 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
R 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
& 4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures?
L 5 Light and Matter
6.1b How do we record images?
L 6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
7.2a What features of our solar system clue us to how it formed?
7.2a What features of our solar system clue us to how it formed?
8.4c How do we explain the existence of our moon?
8.2a Where did the solar system come from?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
L 9.3a What geological processes shaped our Moon?
9.3b What geological processes shaped Mercury?
& 9.5a What are the major geological features of Venus?
9.1c What causes geological activity?
& 9.1e The surface area - to - volume ratio
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
10.6b Why does Earth's climate stay relatively stable?
L 30.21 Know the statement of the Garrett Relation, linking power to total spe
L 30.14 Know the future climate of California for "business as usual"
L 30.23 Occupy DC, and do not leave, to force climate-friendly laws
11.2c What is Remarkable about Titan and other moons?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.1a Are Jovian planets all alike?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
L 12.2a What are comets like?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
12.4d How do the Jovian planets affect impact rates?
13.1 Detecting Extrasolar Planets
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
13.3b Do we need to modify our theory of solar system formation?
L 13.2 The Nature of Extrasolar Planets
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
L 24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
L 10.6c How is human activity changing our planet?
L 24.5b Where are the aliens?
L 24 Life in the Universe