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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The energy of a particle rotating around an axis.
Calorie
Impulse
Rotational kinetic energy
Tension force
2. A system that no external net force acts upon. Objects within the system may exert forces upon one another - but they cannot receive any impulse from outside forces. Momentum is conserved in isolated systems.
Radioactive decay
Isolated system
First Law of Thermodynamics
Universal gas constant
3. A neutrally charged particle that - along with protons - constitutes the nucleus of an atom.
Hooke's Law
Latent heat of vaporization
Weight
Neutron
4. An object that moves about a stable equilibrium point and experiences a restoring force that is directly proportional to the oscillator's displacement.
Chain reaction
Radiation
Simple harmonic oscillator
Nuclear fusion
5. Heat transfer via the mass movement of molecules.
Convection
Heat
Universal gas constant
Alpha decay
6. In radioactive substances - the number of nuclei that decay per second. Activity - A - will be larger in large samples of radioactive material - since there will be more nuclei.
Activity
Decibel
Uncertainty principle
First Law of Thermodynamics
7. A scalar quantity. If an object is moved from point A to point B in space along path AB - the distance that the object has traveled is the length of the path AB. Distance is to be contrasted with displacement - which is simply a measure of the distan
Radius of curvature
Distance
Electronvolt
Inertial reference frame
8. The experience of being in free fall. If you are in a satellite - elevator - or other free-falling object - then you have a weight of zero Newtons relative to that object.
Planck's constant
Magnitude
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Weightlessness
9. A vector quantity - or vector - is an object possessing - and fully described by - a magnitude and a direction. Graphically a vector is depicted as an arrow with its magnitude given by the length of the arrow and its direction given by where the arro
Vector
Induced current
Legs
Rutherford nuclear model
10. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another. Light refracts toward the normal when going from a less dense medium into a denser medium and away from the normal when going from a denser medium into a less dense medium.
Legs
Wave speed
Refraction
Spectroscope
11. The mass difference between a nucleus and the sum of the masses of the constituent protons and neutrons.
Optics
Heat
Latent heat of vaporization
Mass defect
12. When a light ray strikes a surface - the angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
Electronvolt
Angle of incidence
Rotational kinetic energy
Rarefaction
13. The dot product of the area and the magnetic field passing through it. Graphically - it is a measure of the number and length of magnetic field lines passing through that area. It is measured in Webers (Wb).
Alpha decay
Magnetic flux
Lenz's Law
Concave mirror
14. The amplification of one wave by another - identical wave of the same sign. Two constructively interfering waves are said to be "in phase."
System
Constructive interference
Heat
First Law of Thermodynamics
15. A vector of magnitude 1 along one of the coordinate axes. Generally - we take the basis vectors to be and - the vectors of length 1 along the x- and y-axes - respectively.
Electromagnetic wave
Critical angle
Basis vector
Tip
16. The velocity at any given instant in time. To be contrasted with average velocity - which is a measure of the change in displacement over a given time interval.
Instantaneous velocity
Chain reaction
Induced current
Weight
17. A rigid body's resistance to being rotated. The moment of inertia for a single particle is MR2 - where M is the mass of the rigid body and R is the distance to the rotation axis. For rigid bodies - calculating the moment of inertia is more complicate
Concave lens
Photon
Moment of inertia
Thermal equilibrium
18. Two materials are in thermal equilibrium if they are at the same temperature.
Thermal equilibrium
Isolated system
Kepler's Third Law
Constructive interference
19. The unit of magnetic flux - equal to one T · m2.
Weber
Index of refraction
Wave speed
Phase change
20. A unit vector is a vector with length 1.
Mole
Internal energy
Unit vector
Newton
21. The effect of force on rotational motion.
Torque
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Kelvin
Kinetic energy
22. Given the period - T - and semimajor axis - a - of a planet's orbit - the ratio is the same for every planet.
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23. Two quantities are directly proportional if an increase in one results in a proportional increase in the other - and a decrease in one results in a proportional decrease in the other. In a formula defining a certain quantity - those quantities to whi
Kelvin
Directly proportional
Concave lens
Compression
24. The unit for measuring pressure. One Pascal is equal to one Newton per meter squared - 1 Pa = 1 N/m2.
Faraday's Law
Charles's Law
Pascals
Cross product
25. The current induced in a circuit by a change in magnetic flux.
Induced current
Specific heat
Sine
Center of mass
26. In reference to oscillation - amplitude is the maximum displacement of the oscillator from its equilibrium position. Amplitude tells how far an oscillator is swinging back and forth. In periodic motion - amplitude is the maximum displacement in each
Alpha particle
Basis vector
Decibel
Amplitude
27. The separation of different color light via refraction.
Static friction
Kepler's Second Law
Dispersion
Angle of reflection
28. Given the trajectory of an object or system - the center of mass is the point that has the same acceleration as the object or system as a whole would have if its mass were concentrated at that point. In terms of force - the center of mass is the poin
Radioactivity
Center of mass
Torque
Beats
29. A principle derived by Werner Heisenberg in 1927 that tells us that we can never know both the position and the momentum of a particle at any given time.
Kepler's Third Law
Component
Uncertainty principle
Force
30. The net change - - in a point's angular position - . It is a scalar quantity.
Tip
Angular displacement
Kinetic theory of gases
Diffraction
31. A positively charged particle that - along with the neutron - occupies the nucleus of the atom.
Force
Proton
Transformer
Kinetic friction
32. A process that aligns a wave of light to oscillate in one dimension rather than two.
Wave
Absolute zero
Tension force
Polarization
33. The phenomenon by which light traveling from a high n to a low n material will reflect from the optical interface if the incident angle is greater than the critical angle.
Vertex
Total internal reflection
Kepler's Second Law
Maxima
34. A particle - which consists of two protons and two neutrons. It is identical to the nucleus of a helium atom and is ejected by heavy particles undergoing alpha decay.
Newton's Third Law
Electromagnetic induction
Equilibrium
Alpha particle
35. A means of defining the direction of the cross product vector. To define the direction of the vector - position your right hand so that your fingers point in the direction of A - and then curl them around so that they point in the direction of B. Th
Right-hand rule
Angular displacement
Alpha particle
Momentum
36. A pendulum consists of a bob connected to a rod or rope. At small angles - a pendulum's motion approximates simple harmonic motion as it swings back and forth without friction.
Pendulum
Alpha decay
Decibel
Normal
37. Energy associated with the state of motion. The translational kinetic energy of an object is given by the equation .
Frictional force
Kinetic energy
Focal length
Transverse waves
38. When a solid - liquid - or gas changes into another phase of matter.
Electronvolt
Beta particle
Quark
Phase change
39. The process by which a gas turns directly into a solid because it cannot exist as a liquid at certain pressures.
Collision
Angular acceleration
Deposition
Cycle
40. A push or a pull that causes an object to accelerate.
Strong nuclear force
Force
Rutherford nuclear model
Radius of curvature
41. The emf created by the motion of a charge through a magnetic field.
Power
Spring
Motional emf
Focal length
42. The points midway between nodes on a standing wave - where the oscillations are largest.
Unit vector
Celsius
Antinode
Diffraction
43. The standing wave with the lowest frequency that is supported by a string with both ends tied down is called the fundamental - or resonance - of the string. The wavelength of the fundamental is twice the length of the string - .
Photoelectric effect
Alpha decay
Fundamental
Kepler's Second Law
44. In a right triangle - the tangent of a given angle is the length of the side opposite the angle divided by the length of the side adjacent to the triangle.
Tangent
Kinetic theory of gases
Basis vector
Radioactive decay
45. Heat transfer via electromagnetic waves.
Principal axis
Heat transfer
Radiation
Right-hand rule
46. An almost massless particle of neutral charge that is released along with a beta particle in beta decay.
Virtual image
Neutrino
Temperature
Elastic collision
47. A measure of force per unit area. Pressure is measured in N/m2 or Pa.
Moment of inertia
Pressure
Antinode
Medium
48. The movement of a rigid body's center of mass in space.
Photoelectric effect
Mass number
Translational motion
Joule
49. In an interference or diffraction pattern - the places where there is the least light.
Convex lens
Quark
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Minima
50. A negatively charged particle that orbits the nucleus of the atom.
Magnitude
Electron
Minima
Photon