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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The state of a nonrotating object upon whom the net torque acting is zero.
Conduction
Equilibrium
Angular frequency
Inclined plane
2. In an interference or diffraction pattern - the places where there is the least light.
Translational kinetic energy
Mutual Induction
Minima
Boiling point
3. 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
Rigid body
Rarefaction
Amplitude
Electromagnetic wave
4. The bending of light at the corners of objects or as it passes through narrow slits or apertures.
Power
Diffraction
Latent heat of transformation
Heat
5. A form of radioactivity where an excited atom releases a photon of gamma radiation - thereby returning to a lower energy state. The atomic structure itself does not change in the course of gamma radiation.
Gamma decay
Equilibrium
Snell's Law
Tension force
6. A coefficient that tells how much a material will expand or contract lengthwise when it is heated or cooled.
Vertex
Unit vector
Transverse waves
Coefficient of linear expansion
7. The property of a vector that distinguishes it from a scalar: while scalars have only a magnitude - vectors have both a magnitude and a direction. When graphing vectors in the xy-coordinate space - direction is usually given by the angle measured cou
Universal gas constant
Direction
Principal axis
Velocity
8. The process by which a gas turns directly into a solid because it cannot exist as a liquid at certain pressures.
Melting point
Kepler's Third Law
Deposition
Centripetal acceleration
9. The cosine of an angle in a right triangle is equal to the length of the side adjacent to the angle divided by the length of the hypotenuse.
Longitudinal waves
Kelvin
Right-hand rule
Cosine
10. The energy of a particle moving in space. It is defined in s of a particle's mass - m - and velocity - v - as (1/2)mv2.
Angular momentum
Kepler's Third Law
Translational kinetic energy
Maxima
11. A system with many parts in periodic - or repetitive - motion. The oscillations in one part cause vibrations in nearby parts.
Dispersion
Electromagnetic spectrum
Radiation
Wave
12. Linear momentum - p - commonly called "momentum" for short - is a vector quantity defined as the product of an object's mass - m - and its velocity - v.
Momentum
Third Law of Thermodynamics
Alpha decay
Trough
13. The process by which a solid turns directly into gas - because it cannot exist as a liquid at a certain pressure.
Moment of inertia
Sublimation
Vector
Nucleus
14. The particles and energy released by the fission or fusion of one atom may trigger the fission or fusion of further atoms. In a chain reaction - fission or fusion is rapidly transferred to a large number of atoms - releasing tremendous amounts of ene
Nucleus
Chain reaction
Rotational motion
Ground state
15. Represented by R = 8.31 J/mol · K - the universal gas constant fits into the ideal gas law so as to relate temperature to the average kinetic energy of gas molecules.
Amplitude
Universal gas constant
Vector
Constant of proportionality
16. When dealing with reflection or refraction - the incident ray is the ray of light before it strikes the reflecting or refracting surface.
Maxima
Incident ray
Electromagnetic spectrum
Gamma ray
17. The phenomenon of light bouncing off a surface - such as a mirror.
Coefficient of linear expansion
Coherent light
Reflection
Induced current
18. The process by which unstable nuclei spontaneously release particles and/or energy so as to come to a more stable arrangement. The most common forms of radioactive decay are alpha decay - beta decay - and gamma decay.
Longitudinal waves
Conservation of momentum
Hertz (Hz)
Radioactive decay
19. A collision in which momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not.
Inelastic collision
Radioactivity
Inertial reference frame
Antinode
20. Waves produced by a source that is moving with respect to the observer will seem to have a higher frequency and smaller wavelength if the motion is towards the observer - and a lower frequency and longer wavelength if the motion is away from the obse
Electromagnetic induction
Elastic collision
Fundamental
Doppler shift
21. A unit for measuring angles; also called a "rad." 2p rad = 360º.
Fundamental
Radian
Convex mirror
First Law of Thermodynamics
22. Energy cannot be made or destroyed; energy can only be changed from one place to another or from one form to another.
Rotational motion
Chain reaction
Angle of incidence
Law of conservation of energy
23. A nuclear reaction in which a high-energy neutron bombards a heavy - unstable atomic nucleus - causing it to split into two smaller nuclei - and releasing some neutrons and a vast amount of energy at the same time
Significant digits
Nuclear fission
Static friction
Newton
24. A class of elementary particle whose mass is between that of a proton and that of an electron. A common kind of meson is the pion.
Meson
Elastic collision
Focal point
Michelson-Morley experiment
25. The index of refraction n = c/v of a substance characterizes the speed of light in that substance - v. It also characterizes - by way of Snell's Law - the angle at which light refracts in that substance.
Convection
Centripetal force
Direction
Index of refraction
26. A device that breaks incoming light down into spectral rays - so that one can see the exact wavelength constituents of the light.
Gravitational constant
Radioactive decay
Concave mirror
Spectroscope
27. 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.
Center of mass
Gamma ray
Activity
Neutron
28. A quantity that possesses a magnitude but not a direction. Mass and length are common examples.
Scalar
Dynamics
Dot product
Doppler shift
29. An object cannot be cooled to absolute zero.
Vertex
Lenz's Law
Third Law of Thermodynamics
Dynamics
30. A number - Z - associated with the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. Every element can be defined in s of its atomic number - since every atom of a given element has the same number of protons.
Destructive interference
Atomic number
Photoelectron
Kelvin
31. The path of each planet around the sun is an ellipse with the sun at one focus.
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32. The emf created by the motion of a charge through a magnetic field.
Center of mass
Pulley
Motional emf
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
33. A unit of measurement for energy on atomic levels. 1 eV = J.
Cross product
Electromagnetic wave
Real image
Electronvolt
34. If two systems - A and B - are in thermal equilibrium and if B and C are also in thermal equilibrium - then systems A and C are necessarily in thermal equilibrium.
Newton's Second Law
Directly proportional
Centripetal acceleration
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
35. A law - || = - which states that the induced emf is the change in magnetic flux in a certain time.
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36. The points on a standing wave where total destructive interference causes the medium to remain fixed at its equilibrium position.
Translational motion
Node
Calorie
Wavelength
37. A mirror that is curved such that its center is farther from the viewer than the edges - such as the front of a spoon. Concave mirrors reflect light through a focal point.
Focal point
Boyle's Law
Concave mirror
Medium
38. Defined as the rate at which work is done - or the rate at which energy is transformed. P is measured in joules per second (J/s) - or watts (W).
Power
Velocity
Optics
Bohr atomic model
39. An area of high air pressure that acts as the wave crest for sound waves. The spacing between successive compressions is the wavelength of sound - and the number of successive areas of compression that arrive at the ear per second is the frequency -
Work-energy theorem
Compression
Torque
Free
40. A vector quantity - equal to the rate of change of the angular velocity vector with time. It is typically given in units of rad/s2.
Convex lens
Electromagnetic induction
Virtual image
Angular acceleration
41. A transfer of thermal energy from one system to another.
Electromagnetic induction
Heat transfer
Activity
Weber
42. A scalar quantity that tells us how fast an object is moving. It measures the rate of change in distance over time. Speed is to be contrasted with velocity in that there is no direction associated with speed.
Radioactive decay
Impulse
Weightlessness
Speed
43. 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
Margin of error
Fundamental
Reflected ray
Center of mass
44. The speed at which a wave crest or trough propagates. Note that this is not the speed at which the actual medium (like the stretched string or the air particles) moves.
Decibel
Michelson-Morley experiment
Incident ray
Wave speed
45. The sum of a system's potential and kinetic energy. In many systems - including projectiles - pulleys - pendulums - and motion on frictionless surfaces - mechanical energy is conserved. One important type of problem in which mechanical energy is not
Legs
Michelson-Morley experiment
Principal axis
Mechanical energy
46. When two waves of slightly different frequencies interfere with one another - they produce a "beating" interference pattern that alternates between constructive (in-phase) and destructive (out-of-phase). In the case of sound waves - this sort of inte
Beats
Cross product
Tail
Collision
47. 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.
Beta decay
Threshold frequency
Weightlessness
Decay constant
48. The energy of a particle rotating around an axis.
Work
Index of refraction
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Rotational kinetic energy
49. Indicates how "bouncy" or "stiff" a spring is. More specifically - the spring constant - k - is the constant of proportionality between the restoring force exerted by the spring - and the spring's displacement from equilibrium. The greater the value
Spring
Strong nuclear force
Weber
Spring constant
50. The force between two surfaces that are not moving relative to one another. The force of static friction is parallel to the plane of contact between the two objects and resists the force pushing or pulling on the object.
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Instantaneous velocity
Focal length
Static friction