The midterm has 45 questions, 20 T/F and 20 multiple choice. Bring a green scantron form  (882-ES) to class, and a pencil. You may bring a calculator, but won't really need it. You may bring a "cheat sheet": one letter sized sheet of paper (both sides). This must be handwritten by you; it should not have any typed, printed, or copied material on it. It cannot be computer generated or printed. Include any equations, numbers, facts, concepts, figures, examples you like. Write as small as you like.

You can direct your study by examining the content of the practice test below (not necessarily in order). Results from the midterm are at the bottom of this page.

True-False

outer layers of the Sun

doppler shift and color

source of spectral lines

comparison of blackbodies

spectroscopic binaries

observations from ground vs space

L,T,R relation

information in stellar spectrum

inverse square law

hydrogen burning and MS lifetime

processes in interior of Sun

probes of interior of Sun

spectral classes

hot stars

origin of elements

Multiple Choice

sky terms: altitude, azimuth, declination, meridian, zenith

what an astronaut on the Moon sees of the Earth and Sun

determining the mass of planets (methodology)

properties of planetary orbits

sky appearance in summer

moon phase relation to time and position in sky

effects of tides in Earth-Moon system

interior structure or composition of Earth

application of Kepler's laws to determining masses (numerical)

halflife question (numerical)

origin of the Moon

characteristics of the Earth

surface and atmosphere of Mars

atmospheric composition of giant planets

differences between inner and outer planets

surface conditions on Venus

role of giant impacts in Solar System

properties of planetary rings

generation of magnetic fields

cause of meteor showers
 
 

Results from Midterm 1:

(these are given as a percentage of the class that has each score or above)

10%	38
20%	37
30%	35
40%	34
50%	32
60%	31
70%	29
80%	27
90%	24

A histogram of the scores...