Exam 3 Astronomy 104 Fall 2007

Format of the exam

In general the format of this exam will be  similar to the first two exams.

• 10 - 15 points for "matching"
• 10 -15 multiple choice...on this exam there are none of the "one word" answer questions....they all became multiple choice.
• 4 short answer; two of these need one or two sentences, two of them need more (a bulleted list of points is okay fine). The point values will indicate which two are longer. 
• 4 problems

Note that there will be a section with questions about evolutionary tracks on the HR diagram.  I will give you a figure of the HR diagram with several evolutionary tracks and some points labeled, and ask questions about what stage of evolution is represented by some of the labeled points. This is part of what I listed as "matching".

You should review the in class worksheets, and understand both the math and the concepts that were involved. Here is a list of worksheets we did in class:

• Stellar Evolution (this one had a table that you filled out with Luminosity, Absolute Magnitude, and maximum observable distance for a solar mass star at different stages of evolution)
• Energy Generation in the Sun
• Supernova Energetics
• Cepheid Variable Stars

There was only one set of out of class practice problems:

• Practice Problems: Stellar Evolution

The exam covers Cepheid Variables but not the material on the introduction to the Milky Way from Wednesday's class.

List of topics (by chapter) for exam 3

Review the weekly study questions, the in class worksheets, and the practice problems