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, separated by a "&. Sometimes a subsection is rich enough to have several of my questions drawn from it, so if you see the same subsection title more than once, that means more than one of my questions is drawn from that subsection. 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. So be sure to study the PowerPoints on that material as well. 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. Again, consult the PowerPoints. 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.
The textbook likes to title their subsections with a question. This is NOT the literal verbatum question I'll be asking you. That's a common, but wrong, assumption. Rather, this subsection has material which is most relevant to answering whatever question I do have. Again to be clear - the relevant subsection title name is NOT the literal question I will ask you!
Below, If you see lots of little black diamonds with white question marks inside of them, where you expected to see blanks, then the problem is probably with your browser. I had this issue. One solution is to make sure Firefox uses Western encoding by default. On the top line of your browser, click on "tools" and then navigate Tools > Options > Content : Fonts & Colors > Advanced > Fallback Character Encoding and then choose Western (ISO 8859-1). Then the black diamonds should go away.
Quiz #1 Critical Thinking and Science, Brief History of Astronomy
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0.3 The Real World
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
0.4 Scientific Method
0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
T My online essay "On Teaching"
T My online essay "On Teaching"
3.3a How did Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler challenge Earth-centered ideas?
L 3.3c How did Galileo solidify the Copernican Revolution?
Quiz #2 Gravity, Light/Matter, Instrumentation
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S3.1b Is all motion relative?
L 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
R 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
& 4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
R 4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
5.4a What are the three basic types of spectra?
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
6.1b How do we record images?
6.4a How do we observe nonvisible light?
Quiz #3 The Sun, Properties of Stars
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14.1b Why does the sun shine?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.2c How do we know what is happening inside the sun?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.3c How does solar activity vary with time?
15.2b What is the significance of the Main Sequence?
15.1b How do we measure stellar temperatures?
15.2b What is the significance of the Main Sequence?
15.1a How do we measure stellar luminosities?
15.2b What is the significance of the Main Sequence?
15.1a How do we measure stellar luminosities?
Quiz #4 Star Formation, Stellar Evolution
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15.3b How do we measure the age of a star cluster?
16.3c What are the typical masses of newborn stars?
17.2a What are the life stages of a low-mass star?
15.2b What is the significance of the Main Sequence?
17.3b How do high-mass stars make the elements of life?
17.2b How does a low-mass star die?
18.1b What can happen to a white dwarf in a close binary?
L 18.1b What can happen to a white dwarf in a close binary?
18.3a What is a black hole?
18.2a What is a neutron star?
Quiz #5 The Milky Way Galaxy, Galaxy Evolution
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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?
19.3b How did our galaxy form?
& 15.3a What are the two types of Star Clusters?
19.1b How do stars orbit in our galaxy
19.3b How did our galaxy form?
L 20.1 Islands of Stars
20.1c How are galaxies grouped together?
20.1b What are the 3 major types of galaxies?
21.3a What are quasars?
21.2a Why do galaxies differ?
Quiz #6 Dark Matter, Dark Energy, Cosmology, Origin of the Universe(s)
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22.2b What is the evidence for dark matter in clusters?
22.3b What are the largest structures in the universe?
L 22.3b What are the largest structures in the universe?
22.2d What might dark matter be made of?
23.2b How do elemental abundances support Big Bang theory?
23.3b How does inflation explain these aspects?
& 20.3d How does expansion affect distance measurements?
R 23.2a How do we observe the radiation from the Big Bang?
23.4a Why is the darkness of night evidence for the Big Bang?
23.3a What aspects were unexplained in original Big Bang theory?
L 24 Life in the Universe
L 0.8 General Principles in the Design of a Scientific Test
& 3.4a How can we distinguish science from nonscience?
0.1 Natural Selection & Development of Mind
0.7 Pseudo-Science
L 0.9 Occam's Razor
T My online essay "On Teaching"
T My online essay "On Teaching"
S3.1b Is all motion relative?
4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
& 3.3b What are Kepler's 3 laws of motion?
R 4.2b What are Newton's three laws of motion?
& 4.5a How do gravity & energy allow us to understand orbits?
L 4.4a What determines the strength of gravity?
R 4.5b How does gravity cause tides?
5.4c How does light tell us temperatures of planets, stars?
L 5.3c How is energy stored in atoms?
5.5a How does light tell us the speed of a distant object?
6.3b Why do we put telescopes in space?
L 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
& 14.3a What causes solar activity?
14.1c What is the Sun's structure?
15.1c How do we measure stellar masses?
15.2a What is the HR diagram?
L 15.1c How do we measure stellar masses?
16.2c How does nuclear fusion begin in a newborn star?
16.1a Where do stars form?
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?
18.1b What can happen to a white dwarf in a close binary?
18.2b How were neutron stars discovered?
18.3b What would it be like to visit a black hole?
19.1c How did we learn the structure of the Milky Way?
19.2b Where do stars tend to form in our galaxy?
19.3a What clues to our galaxy's history do halo stars hold?
19.3a What clues to our galaxy's history do halo stars hold?
L 20 Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
20.2a How do we measure the distances to galaxies?
L 20 Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology
21.2a Why do galaxies differ?
& 20.1c How are galaxies grouped together?
21.2a Why do galaxies differ?
L 21.3 Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei
21.3d How do quarars let us study gas between galaxies?
22.2a What is the evidence for dark matter in galaxies?
22.2b What is the evidence for dark matter in clusters?
L 22 Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Fate of the Universe
L 22.4b Is the expansion of the universe accelerating?
23.2a How do we observe the radiation from the Big Bang?
23.2b How do elemental abundances support Big Bang theory?
& 23.2b How do elemental abundances support Big Bang theory?
23.3b How does inflation explain these aspects?
L 24 Life in the Universe