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".
(updated 9/2/26 from new Fall '26 exam questions)
Quiz #1
L 0 Chapter 0: Science and Clear Thinking
0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from nonscience?
0.7 Pseudo-Science
& 3.5b Does astrology have any scientific validity?
L 0.9 Occam's Razor
0.6 Characteristics of a Good Scientist
& 3.5b Does astrology have any scientific validity?
T Web essay "On Teaching"
2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
2.2a What causes the seasons?
L 2.2a What causes the seasons?
2.3b What causes eclipses?
Quiz #2
2.4b Why ancient Greeks rejected real explanation of planetary motion?
& 3.2b How did the Greeks explain planetary motion?
3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
3.3a How did Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler challenge Earth-centered model?
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?
4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
4.3b What keeps a planet rotating and orbiting the sun?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation
L
4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
Quiz #3
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
5.4a What are the three basic types of spectra?
L 5 Light and Matter
L 5.2a What is light?
5.2a What is light?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures?
6.4a How do we observe invisible light?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
6.1b How do we record images?
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?
R 8 Formation of the Solar System
8.2a Where did the solar system come from?
8.3a Why are there two major types of planets?
9.1c What causes geological activity?
9.4c What evidence tells us water flowed on Mars?
L 9.6b How is Earth's surface shaped by plate tectonics?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
10.6a How did Earth's atmosphere end up so different?
Quiz #5
L 30.17 Coal burning produces smog, aerosols which cool Earth. Cleaner air = hotter climate.
L 30.25 Jevons' Paradox; increasing energy efficiency INCREASES global energy consumption rates
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 constant
11.1d What is the weather like on Jovian planets?
11.1d What is the weather like on Jovian planets?
11.1a Are Jovian planets all alike?
11.1c What are Jovian planets like on the inside?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
L 12.2a What are comets like?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
Quiz #6
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
13.1 Detecting Extrasolar Planets
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
L 10.1c Why do atmospheric properties vary with altitude?
& 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
L 24 Life in the Universe
L 24 Life in the Universe
24.5b Where are the aliens?
L 24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
0.3 The Real World
L 0 Chapter 0: Science and Clear Thinking
T Web essay "On Teaching"
2.3b What causes eclipses?
R 2.1c Why do the constellations seen depend on latitude, time of year?
& S1.2b How do stars move through the local sky?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
R 4 Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
R 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
& 4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
L 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
5.2a What is light?
6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
6.1b How do we record images?
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?
8.3b How did the terrestrial planets form?
& 8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
8.4c How do we explain the existence of our moon?
8.5b When did the planets form?
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
L 9.3a What geological processes shaped our Moon?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
10.4b Why did Mars change?
10.4a What is Mars like today?
10.1c Why do atmospheric properties vary with altitude?
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
L 11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.2c What is Remarkable about Titan and other moons?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
& 24.2b Could there be life on Europa or other Jovian moons?
L 12.2a What are comets like?
L 12 Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets
12.2a What are comets like?
12.4d How do the Jovian planets affect impact rates?
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 13.2 The Nature of Extrasolar Planets
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
R 14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
14.1b Why does the sun shine?
24.9 Climate stability is prime, for intelligent life
L 24.5b Where are the aliens?
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.1c What are the necessities of life?