AST101H1 Study Guide - Terrestrial Planet, Solar Wind, History Of Public Transport Ticketing In New South Wales
15 Mar 2014
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Format is more or less identical to the last midterm--similar number of question and breakdown--some drawing diagrams, some writing things out. Bring a pen, pencil, eraser, and t-card. Kepler"s laws, light-year, scale of the solar system, au, etc. About the solar system - chapter 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Three types of spectra - know what they are, and what type of object makes them. What atomic processes are going on -- electrons moving around that produce or absorb light and how this is related. How do you use a spectrum of an object to learn about it. Temperature, chemical composition, moving towards or away from you. General patterns of motion in solar system. General patterns and chemical composition of planets. General properties of planets - size, temp, etc. Giant impacts - the moon, uranus, etc. Terrestrial planet surfaces and processes that shape them.
