Old Man Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Cancer said: There is altogether too much synergy in grading these exams while FailFactory is on TV at the same time. I'm curious as to the difficulty of the exam. Is it, like, "Spell 'Betelgeuse'", or is it like "Write down a novel solution for the Riemann Hypothesis"? Edited June 11, 2023 by Old Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) Essay answers (no number crunching). Eight questions, each of which are "do part A or part B". Example: Quote 4. This question concerns the objects orbiting the Jovian planets. Answer EITHER part (a) or part (b), not both. 4.a What is the Roche limit? How is it applicable to stuff orbiting the Jovian planets? 4.b The moons of the outer planets are small bodies, most of them smaller than those terrestrial planets that we observe to be geologically dead. Yet, many of them show features on their surfaces suggestive of recent internal activity, and a few have been caught “in the act” with active volcanism. How is this possible? All these were discussed in class and are in the textbook. EDIT: with two papers still outstanding, the correlation coefficient between midterm and final exam scores is +0.72. Edited June 11, 2023 by Cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 4a. Roche limit = moon go squish 4b. Jupiter only squish moon little bit Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 I like the squash ball simile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 [ copies down questions for next year's CE Astronomy course ] Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 At this point: 160 possible. High 141. Median 45. Low 5. Note also that two questions were promised to them, i.e., they had part B of each of two different questions. Quote 6.B. Describe the physical mechanisms of how the “greenhouse effect” works, as we have discussed it working in the atmospheres of the terrestrial planets. Quote 2.B. What is the Fermi Paradox? Explain both the paradox itself, and how it is relevant for the search for life elsewhere in the Galaxy. You do not need to present a resolution to the paradox That latter I might maliciously call the Kristopher Memorial Question, since he seemed to be fixated on a score of about 1 on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 I was jokingly going to suggest "Solve the Fermi Paradox" for a question. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Hey, you haven't seen the five lab exercises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, Logan D. Hurricanes said: I was jokingly going to suggest "Solve the Fermi Paradox" for a question. 😁 The inverse square law and the expansion of space itself. Or maybe that's a different paradox.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 My bet for a solution to the Great Filter is at the multicellularity or eucaryotic levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Well, I introduce them to the Fermi Paradox, for which we do not now know the the resolution. But then I give them (as an example that is resolved) Olber's Paradox as a different astronomical paradox, where in the middle half of the 20th Century, we finally figured out that literally every assumption going into the paradox was incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown803 Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Pariah said: Wish me luck ... or at least some semblance of sanity. . If you want sanity, why are you teaching? Edited June 11, 2023 by tombrown803 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Same reason Napoleon invaded Russia: It seemed like a good idea at the time. Cancer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 And once the Rubicron was crossed it was too take to back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 I am reminded once again of this classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 6B. Air let in green light, not let out red light. 2B. Many planet, not many alien. Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 rravenwood and Grailknight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 tkdguy, Grailknight, L. Marcus and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 I've been in that same situation. Though I can do her one better. There was one grandmother that died twice that term. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 14, 2023 Report Share Posted June 14, 2023 Yeah, but that excuse doesn’t work in necromancy class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Cancer said: There was one grandmother that died twice that term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 Yeah, yeah. Jesuit university and all that. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 Well, necromancy class wouldn’t be out of place at a Jesuit university. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 You will note that my comment was not specific in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 15, 2023 Report Share Posted June 15, 2023 "De fools, dey tink dey can kill de broddah of Badoullah!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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