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Act 6
ActivityWeek5ExamIReview
February45,2016
MakeYourOwnExam!
Thisweekyouwillbreakupinto34groupsandworkoncreatingyourownminiatureexam.
Eachgroupwillberesponsibleforcreating10multiplechoicequestions.Youwillhaveapproximately
25minutes
todesignyourexamandformulateyourquestions.Asyoucreateyourquestionshave
someonewithgoodhandwritingwriteupeachquestiononthepracticeexamsheetprovidedtoyouby
yourTA.
Whatmaterialshouldyourpracticeexamcover?
YourquestionsshouldbediverseandcovermaterialfromChapters15ofthe
coursepack(seethestudyguideforamoredetailedlistoftopics)
Howhardshouldthequestionsbe?
Nottoodifficult.YourquestionsshouldbesimilarindifficultytotheTopHatquestions
askedinclass.
WhattypeofquestionsshouldIask?Hereisanexample:
Accordingtotheidealgaslaw(PV=nRT)ifthevolumeofanairparceldoesnotchange
andthepressurewithintheairparceldecreaseswhathappenstothetemperatureoftheair
withintheparcel?(V=const,P,T?)
A. Temperatureincreases
B. Temperaturedecreases
C. Temperaturedoesnotchange.
TakeapracticeExam
Whenallgroupshavefinishedmakingtheirexams.Eachgroupwillpasstheirpracticeexamon
tothenextgroup.Onceyouvereceivedapracticeexamfromanothergroupyouwillhave
10minutes
totaketheexam(1minperquestion).Duringthesetenminutesyoushouldworkonthepracticeexam
individually,withouttheassistanceofyourcoursepackorlecturenotes!Thiswillbestprepareyoufor
therealexam.
ExamReview
Duringthelast
10minutes
ofclassyoumayuseyourcoursepackandlecturenotestocomplete
yourpracticeexam(ifyouhaventalreadydoneso).Youmayalsodiscussiontheexamwithyourpeers
orwithmembersofthegroupthatcreatedit.
Tohelpyoustudyfortheexam,yourTAwillcombinesomeofthebestquestionsfrompracticeexams(createdacrossallof
thediscussionsections)intoonefinalpracticeexam.Thiscombinedpracticeexamwillbepostedoncanvasandonthe
discussionclasswebsite:
www.atmos.washington.edu/~cmcnich/atmos101
by12:00p.m.Saturday.