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 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.
Web Readings: Under Quiz #1, note Chapter 0 sections (e.g. 0.1 "Natural Selection and Development of Mind") are not in the textbook, but linked below from my own website page, and "On Teaching" (labelled with a "T").
For our lecture on Earth Climate Change, especially review the PowerPoint I gave in class; in the study guide below it's labelled "Chapter 30".
Quiz #1
0.4 Scientific Method
0.3 The Real World
0.3 The Real World
L 0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from nonscience?
L 0 Chapter 0: Science and Clear Thinking
T Web essay "On Teaching"
2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
L 2.2a What causes the seasons?
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 1.1b How did we come to be?
Quiz #2
3.3a How did Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler challenge Earth-centered model?
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?
3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
R 3.2c Eratosthenes measures the earth
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
R 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
L 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
Quiz #3
5.4a What are the three basic types of spectra?
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
5.2a What is light?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
L 5 Light and Matter
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures?
6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
6.1b How do we record images?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
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?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
8.5b When did the planets form?
8.1b What theory best explains the features of our solar system?
9.3b What geological processes shaped Mercury?
& 9.5a What are the major geological features of Venus?
9.1c What causes geological activity?
10.4b Why did Mars change?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
10.1c Why do atmospheric properties vary with altitude?
Quiz #5
L 30.17 Coal burning produces smog, aerosols which provide a cooling force to
L 30.25 Jevons' Paradox; increasing energy efficiency INCREASES global energy
L 30.12 Princeton researchers found Congress listens only to...who?
L 30.20 Need 11 sq mi/day of new solar PV just to keep CO2 emission rates cons
L 11.2 A Wealth of Worlds: Satellites of Ice and Rock
11.1c What are Jovian planets like on the inside?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.3a What are Saturn's rings like?
12.2a What are comets like?
L 12.2a What are comets like?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
Quiz #6
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
L 13.1 Detecting Extrasolar Planets
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
R 14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
L 10.1c Why do atmospheric properties vary with altitude?
& 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
L 24 Life in the Universe
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.9 Climate stability is prime, for intelligent life
L 24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
0.5 Steps of the Scientific Method
0.1 Natural Selection & Development of Mind
T Web essay "On Teaching"
R 2.2a What causes the seasons?
2.3b What causes eclipses?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
4.3b What keeps a planet rotating and orbiting the sun?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
R 4.4b How does Newton's law of gravity extend Kepler's Laws?
& 4.1b How is mass different from weight?
L 5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.2a What is light?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
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?
8.3a Why are there two major types of planets?
8.3b How did the terrestrial planets form?
& 8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
8.2a Where did the solar system come from?
9.4 Geology of Mars
L 9.6b How is Earth's surface shaped by plate tectonics?
9.1c What causes geological activity?
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
10.4a What is Mars like today?
10.2d How does a planet gain or lose atmospheric gases?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
L 30.21 Even ending all direct human CO2, permafrost thaw still adds more CO2
L 30.14 Know the future climate of California for "business as usual"
L 30.23 The two safety criteria for GeoEng: no hysteresis, minimal surface cha
11.2c What is Remarkable about Titan and other moons?
11.1c What are Jovian planets like on the inside?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.2a What are comets like?
L 12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
13.3a Can we explain the surprising orbits of extrasolar planets?
13.3b Do we need to modify our theory of solar system formation?
L 13 Other Planetary Systems
L 13.3 The Formation of Other Solar Systems
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.1b Why does the sun shine?
14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
24.1c What are the necessities of life?
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.5b Where are the aliens?
L 24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence