ASTR 101 (Hamilton)
EXAM I (100 points)
Thursday, Oct. 6
Details of the Exam
The exam will be given during lecture on Thursday October 6 (normal time
and place - PHYS 1412 11:00am - 12:15am). I will ask you to wait
outside in the hall until the TAs and I have the exams laid out on the
seats in the classroom. Please be patient! Swing by the restrooms if
you need to, because
after the test begins, you will not be allowed to
leave the room and return. The exam should take no more than 75
minutes to complete, so you should have plenty of time. Bring a #2
pencil to the exam - notes, books, and calculators, and electronic
devices are not allowed! Just you and the pencil.
There will be 25 multiple choice question worth 2.0 points each. For
each one, choose the best answer from the available choices. In
addition, there will be a short answer section with 3-5 questions
worth a total of 50 points. A few of these may involve interpreting
mathematical equations, however, any equations that you need will be
given to you so you don't need to memorize them. No need to memorize
numbers like the mass of the Sun either. Some questions may involve
interpreting diagrams. Written responses to short answer questions
will be graded on completeness and brevity. Write enough to fully
answer the questions (and answer them well), but do not round out your
answer with a lot of fluff that wanders off-topic. It is always a
good idea to go back and re-read the question after you have finished
to make sure that you have answered it as completely and concisely as
possible!
The exam will cover lecture, section, and lab topics through October
5, and the material in the book through Chapter 5. If you have been
keeping up in the class by attending lecture and section, reading and
studying the book, reviewing your notes, doing your homework, and
going over your corrected homeworks with the solution sets, you should
be in good shape to take the midterm. It is a good idea to review this
material again during the week before the midterm so that it will be
fresh in your mind. Don't just cram the night before the exam!
Review Sessions
Discussion sections this week will be focused on reviewing for the
exam. In addition, there will be an extra review session open to the
whole class in the room where your section meets, CSS2400, on
Wednesday, October 7 from 6:00pm-8:00pm led by two of the TAs. Please
bring lots of questions to the review session; this is your chance get
help from an expert! You can also take advantage of the office hours
held by the Prof and TAs to get one-on-one help.
Some Important Topics We've Studied
- The Cause of the Seasons
- Motions of the Stars, Sun, Moon, and Planets in the Sky
- Scientific Method
- Phases of the Moon
- Lunar and Solar Eclipses
- Contributions of the Ancient Greeks to Astronomy
- Contributions of the Renaissance Europeans to Astronomy
- Geocentric and Heliocentric Theories
- Kepler's Laws
- Newton's Laws
- Law of Gravity
- Components of the Solar System
- Origin of the Solar System
- Interiors of the Earth-like planets
- Atmospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars
- Surfaces of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
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