test

What should I know for the test?

Basics of SI units - what do the units mean, etc.

How to use the formulas (which will be given):
v = d/t
a = (vf - vi)/t
vf = vi + at
d = 0.5(vi + vf) t
d = vi t + 0.5at^2
F = ma
W = mg
F = G m1 m2 / d^2
g = G M / d^2
a^3 = T^2

the meaning of velocity, acceleration

gravitational acceleration, g

center of gravity

universal gravitation

Newton's laws

Kepler's laws

basic science history (Copernicus, Kepler, Newton)

epicycles and retrograde motion

speed of light (meaning, etc.)

inverse square law

weightlessness

Expect a test that is multiple-choice, with somewhere in the neighborhood of 20% numerical problems - a calculator is permitted but not really needed.

Also expect that there will be 40-50 questions, though more are possible. You will have the entire class to finish the test.

If you've attended class, reviewed the notes, understood the demonstrations and worked the problems, you should be fine.