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") are not in the textbook, but 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
0.7 Pseudo-Science
L 0 Chapter 0: Science and Clear Thinking
L 0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from nonscience?
0.3 The Real World
0.3 The Real World
T Web essay "On Teaching"
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?
R 2.2a What causes the seasons?
R 2 Discovering the Universe for Yourself
Quiz #2
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
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?
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
R 3.2c Eratosthenes measures the earth
3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
R 4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
R 4 Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity
4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
Quiz #3
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures?
L 5.4b How does light tell us what things are made of?
L 5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.2a What is light?
6.2c What do astronomers do with telescopes?
6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
L 6.3a How does earth's atmosphere affect ground observations?
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?
8.4c How do we explain the existence of our moon?
8.1b What theory best explains the features of our solar system?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
9.4 Geology of Mars
9.1c What causes geological activity?
9.1c What causes geological activity?
& 9.1e The surface area - to - volume ratio
10.4a What is Mars like today?
10.4b Why did Mars change?
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
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? you and me? or Economic Elites?
L 30.20 Need 11 sq mi/day of new solar PV just to keep CO2 emission rates constant
L 11.2 A Wealth of Worlds: Satellites of Ice and Rock
L 11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
11.3b How do other Jovian ring systems compare to Saturn's?
11.2b Why are Jupiter's Galilean moons so geologically active?
L 12.2a What are comets like?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.4d How do the Jovian planets affect impact rates?
Quiz #6
13.3a Can we explain the surprising orbits of extrasolar planets?
L 13.3 The Formation of Other Solar Systems
L 13.2 The Nature of Extrasolar Planets
R 14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
14.2a How does nuclear fusion occur in the Sun?
L 10.6c How is human activity changing our planet?
24.9 Climate stability is prime, for intelligent life
24.1b How did life arise on Earth?
24.1c What are the necessities of life?
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Final Exam Study Guide
0.1 Natural Selection & Development of Mind
L 0.9 Occam's Razor
T Web essay "On Teaching"
L 2.1b Why do stars rise and set?
& S1.2b How do stars move through the local sky?
2.2a What causes the seasons?
R 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
3.3a How did Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler challenge Earth-centered model?
R 4.4b How does Newton's law of gravity extend Kepler's Laws?
& 4.1b How is mass different from weight?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 4.4 The Universal Law of Gravitation
5.2a What is light?
5.3b What are the phases of matter?
L 5.2a What is light?
6.4a How do we observe invisible light?
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?
8.2a Where did the solar system come from?
8.3c How did the Jovian planets form?
R 8 Formation of the Solar System
9.6a How do we know that Earth's surface is in motion?
9.6b How is Earth's surface shaped by plate tectonics?
10.1a What is an atmosphere?
10.6b Why does Earth's climate stay relatively stable?
10.1b How does the greenhouse effect warm a planet?
10.4b Why did Mars change?
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
11.1a Are Jovian planets all alike?
11.1c What are Jovian planets like on the inside?
11.3c Why do the Jovian planets have rings?
12.2a What are comets like?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
12.3a How big can a comet be?
12.1b Why is there an asteroid belt?
13.1b How do we detect planets around other stars?
L 13 Other Planetary Systems
13.3a Can we explain the surprising orbits of extrasolar planets?
13.1 Detecting Extrasolar Planets
L 10.1c Why do atmospheric properties vary with altitude?
& 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.2b How does the energy from fusion get out of the sun?
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 24.4 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
L 24 Life in the Universe
L 24 Life in the Universe