ASTR 100 (Hamilton)
EXAM II (100 points)
Thursday, Nov. 7
Details of the Exam
The exam will be given during lecture on Thursday November 7 (normal time
and place - PHYS 1412 9:30am - 10:45am). I will ask you to wait
outside in the hall until the TAs and I have prepared the room.
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 your laptop to the exam! Be sure that you have installed and know how to use the
Respondus lockdown browser. You will need your phone only at the beginning to authenticate the browser. Remember: Phones, notes, books, calculators, and other electronic
devices are NOT allowed!
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 and section topics after Exam I through
the Tuesday before the exam and the corresponding material in the
book. 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 immediately prior to the exam will be focused on
reviewing for the exam. In addition, there will be an extra review
session open to the whole class ATL2400, on Wednesday, November 6 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
- Atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn
- Interior of Jupiter and Saturn
- Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn
- Ring Systems
- Uranus and Neptune: Atmospheres
- Pluto and Charon
- Asteroids: Location in the Solar System
- Asteroids: Compositions
- Comets
- Exoplanets
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum (OpenStax Ch 5 covers light very well).
- Black Body Radiation
- Atoms and the Formation of Spectra
- The Doppler Effect
- Properties of the Sun
- Interior of the Sun
- Energy Production in the Sun
- Stellar Flux & Luminosity
- The Hertzsprung-Russel (HR) diagram
- The Life of the Sun
- The Life of Massive Stars
- Supernova
- Supernova Remnant and Planetary Nebula
- White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, Black Holes
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