20121219

Found astronomy: revised date for Mayan Apocalypse

2012-12-19-11-39-07_321
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waiferx/8289017394/
Originally uploaded by Waifer X

According to this "Sunrise and Sunset, July-December 2012 Universal Time at Greenwich Meridian" table (David M. F. Chapman, ed., Observer's Handbook 2012, The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto, ISBN 978-0-9813292-6-0, p. 211), the Mayan Apocalypse will apparently not occur on December 21, 2012, but on December 32, 2012. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences division instruction Dr. Patrick M. Len.

20121214

Astronomy quiz archive: solar system

Astronomy 210 Quiz 7, fall semester 2012
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 70158, version 1
Exam code: quiz07sEcn


Section 70158
0- 8.0 : ** [low = 1.5]
8.5-16.0 : *******
16.5-24.0 : ************* [mean = 21.1 +/- 7.4]
24.5-32.0 : *********
32.5-40.0 : *** [high = 33.0]


Section 70160, version 1
Exam code: quiz07n0iC


Section 70160
0- 8.0 :
8.5-16.0 : ** [low = 12.0]
16.5-24.0 : *******
24.5-32.0 : ************ [mean = 25.8 +/- 6.5]
32.5-40.0 : **** [high = 36.5]

Physics quiz archive: temperature, thermal equilibrium, heat transfer

Physics 205A Quiz 7, fall semester 2012
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Sections 70854, 70855, version 1
Exam code: quiz07Di5k



Sections 70854, 70855 results
0- 6 : ***** [low = 3]
7-12 : ************
13-18 : ********************** [mean = 15.2 +/- 5.4]
19-24 : *********** [high = 24]
25-30 :