AST 301--ScaloGUIDE TO READING AND STUDY: CHAPTERS 1-3, 6, 15, 16(Takes you up to exam #3)! ! ! ! ! This list is meant to tell you in detail which sections will (and will not) be coveredon exams, and to suggest review questions in the book and at the text web site.Remember that I consider these questions homework, but instead of turning inthe answers, I will include some of them on each exam.! At the end of each chapter, the recommended questions are marked “RD”for the “Review and discussion” questions, and "TF" for the “Conceptual self-test: trueor false/multiple choice”questions.! These vary considerably in difficulty, but noneinvolve significant mathematical manipulations—I chose them as good warm-ups forexams, and because I think you should understand the corresponding material.There are multiple choice questions at the textbook web site, and most ofthem are good practice. I list below the questions you should NOT attempt (eithertoo numerical or material not covered)—these are labeled “TWS” (“Textbook WebSite”) below. To get to these on the internet, go to the textbook web sitewww.prenhall.com/chaisson/ and select our book, Astronomy Today 6/e (cover willnot look the same). Then pick a chapter, and select “Multiple choice 1”, “Multiplechoice 2”, and “True or False” to test yourself—the site will provide you with answerswhen you are through.They are somewhat simple, and should be used to gauge your understanding.Notice that the questions I suggest you look at provide you with an assessment ofwhat I will and will not include on the exams, although exam questions will generallynot be so simple.! ! ! ! ! ! You will benefit most by trying your hand at the suggested questions after youhave thoroughly studied the material, so you can see how prepared you actuallyare.! You will also probably find it beneficial to think about the “Learning Goals” atthe beginning of each chapter, once before you start to read each chapter, andagain when finished and/or when preparing for each exam.Note: You have to register the first time you visit the site—you will have to enterthe ISBN number from your textbook, so have it handy.• I suggest you go through your textbook (soon) and mark all these items(e.g. an mark next to questions listed below, “not on exam” in certainsubsections, etc.).* Recommended questions at the textbook web site are now listed (updated9/24/07).FOR EXAM #1Chap. 1: Read "Scientific Notation" (App.1) and "Angular Measure" (p.11).! ! ! ! ! ! Mark Appendix 2 on "Astronomical Measurement" as a useful reference onunits that are used in the rest of the text, in case you become confused about units.! ! ! ! ! ! Look through pp. 8 through 25 (topics having to do with the night sky, seasons,eclipses, …), but you won't be tested on it because it interrupts the main flow oftopics; however I urge you to read it if you want to understand the most basicastronomical events you can experience with your own eyes.! ! ! ! ! ! Sec.1.7: Measurement of distance--important.! ! ! ! ! ! RD: 1, 5, 8, 17-19; TF: 1, 2, 9, 10, 19, 20.! ! ! ! ! ! Textbook Web Site: MC1: 4, 8, 13; MC2: 5; T/F: 6, 7, 10, 15Chap. 2: Look over sec.2.1 and 2.2 on historical topics, but they won't be on the test.!Read sections on the Heliocentric model (2.3) and Birth of Modern Astronomy (2.4),but only for the basic ideas.! Things like "retrograde motion" and the phases of Venuswon't be on the exam.! ! ! ! ! ! Read “More Precisely” 2-1 (p.49), 2-3 (p.55) and 2-3 (p. 57), but of course Iwon’t ask you to carry out any calculations related to them, except for one formula Iwill explain in class.! ! ! ! ! ! Get serious with secs. 2.5 (Kepler's Laws), 2.6 (Dimensions of the Solar System),and especially 2.7 (Newton's laws) and 2.8 (Newtonian mechanics).! ! ! ! ! ! RD: 2, 4, 9, 10, 13-15, 20; TF: 3, 5, 6, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 20.! ! ! ! ! ! TWS: MC1: 1, 3, 6, 8, 11; MC2: 3, 4, 8; T/F: 6, 7, 9, 18Chap.3:! Don't worry about details concerning temperature scales ("More Precisely 3-1", p. 73)! or numerical aspects of radiation laws ("More Precisely 3-2, p.77), although Istill recommend you try to read it.! We will postpone sec. 3.5 on the Doppler Effect toExam #2.RD: 2, 3, 5, 11, 12-16; TF: 1, 4-6, 11, 12, 15-19.TWS: MC1: 2 through 10; MC2: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15; T/F: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 17FOR EXAM #2Chap. 3, sec. 3.5 on the Doppler Effect.! RD 17-19, TF 20 in Chap.3.TWS: MC1: 12; MC2:10 (notice no calculation is needed); TF 2, 13, 20.Chap. 4! (Spectroscopy)! "More Precisely 4-1” (p.92) will not be on exam.RD: 3, 4, 8-10, 12, 15-20; TF: 1-6, 9, 10, 15-17, 19.TWS: MC1: All except 13,14,15; MC2: All except 7, 10, 11, 14; TF: All except 15.Chap. 5 (Telescopes)! In section 5.1, you won't be tested on subsections on "Reflecting and refractingtelescopes" (p. 108), “Comparing refractors and reflectors” (p. 109), or "Types ofreflecting telescopes" (p. 111) in sec.5.1.!Read “Discovery 5-1” on Hubble Space Telescope (pp. 114-115).!Don't worry about the right-hand column of Table 5.1 (p.137); but DO use the middlecolumn to test whether you understand text material.RD: 1, 4-11, 13-17; TF: 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19.TWS: MC1: Alll except 1, 9, 11; MC2: All except 1,2,7, 8,9,14; TF: All except 2, 5, 7, 11,16.FOR EXAM #3Chapters 6 and 15 are NOT in your textbook, but will be available to read (or print)online. Page numbers below maybe be off by a small amount, because that part ofthe textbook web site is not yet complete.Chap. 6 (The Solar System)! We will not! cover the various space missions discussed in sec. 6.6.Read the "More Precisely 6-1", but such numerical examples will not be on the exam.!Also read the “More Precisely 6-2” in order to understand the concept.You don't have to memorize any of the information in Table 6.1, although it mighthelp you to look at it awhile.!However Table 6.2 IS very important to learn.! ! ! ! ! ! RD: 1, 3-8, 10, 11, 17-20; TF: 1-3, 5-8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20.! ! ! ! ! ! TWS: Not at web site yet.Chap. 15 (Formation of Planetary Systems)The "Discovery 15-1" on [p. 390] is for your interest only, but will not be on the exam.! ! ! ! ! ! RD: All; TF: All.! ! ! ! ! ! TWS: Not at web site yet.Chap. 16 (The Sun) [This and all subsequent chapters are in your textbook.]! ! ! ! ! ! Because of time constraints we are going to skip sec. 16.4 “Solar Magnetism”and sec. 16.5 "The Active Sun," but I urge you to at least look at the figures and
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