This exam will be, in part, comprehensive. About 60 % of the questions will come from the last part of the course. There will be approximately 50 true/false and multiple-choice questions, as has been the case with previous exams. There will be one essay question, and you can find a list of possible topics at another part of this website.
You can use the actual questions which were asked on previous exams to help you review for this exam. When you do this, focus on the questions you missed and ask why you missed them. For this course, you may find course organizational tools like outlines and concept maps to be particularly useful. You can also look at review questions for previous exams:
Review questions for hour exam 1
Review questions for hour exam 2
On another part of this website there are some general study tips, which apply to all exams (including exams in other courses).
For the astronomy part of the course, you may find the following questions to be helpful in your review:
Copy Maven course packet:
1-6, 9, 11, 24, 25, 26, 33, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 55, 61, 63
Hazen and Trefil
Chapter 14: Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 6. Discussion Question 8. Key terms only include star.
Chapter 16: Review Question 2. (Most of these review questions are very picky "what is X" questions.) Discussion Questions 1, 4, 7. Key terms are solar system, terrestrial planets, Jovian planets.