FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
The final exam is comprehensive, meaning that all of the reviews for the
previous exams, as well as the exams themselves, should be reviewed.
The following review questions cover only the new chapters, 37 and 38,
completed since the last exam.
The exam will contain only multiple choice or matching questions, but
the review also includes some fill-in-the-blank questions.
CONCEPTS COVERED
Chapter 37: Cosmology
cosmology, Olber's paradox, cosmological principle, homogeneity, isotropy,
Big Bang theory, open universe, closed universe, flat universe, oscillating
universe, deceleration parameter, critical density, cosmological constant,
perfect cosmological principle, steady state theory, recombination,
decoupling, cosmic microwave background, three degree background radiation,
cosmic background anisotropy
Chapter 38: The Past and Future of the Universe
early universe, radiation dominance, matter dominance, light element
nucleosynthesis, particle physics, antiparticles, antimatter, baryons, quarks,
missing mass problem, dark matter, dark energy, strong nuclear force,
weak nuclear force, electromagnetic force, gravitational force, unification
of forces, Grand Unified Theories, GUT scale, Planck scale, quantum gravity,
superstring theory, higher-dimensional theories, large extra dimensions,
inflationary universe, chaotic inflation, self-reproducing universe