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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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1. A mirror that is curved such that its center is closer to the viewer than the edges - such as a doorknob. Convex mirrors reflect light away from a focal point.
Deposition
Magnetic flux
Margin of error
Convex mirror
2. An area of high air pressure that acts as the wave trough for sound waves. The spacing between successive rarefactions is the wavelength of sound - and the number of successive areas of rarefaction that arrive at the ear per second is the frequency -
Rarefaction
Kepler's First Law
Coherent light
Neutron
3. 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 -
Dynamics
Compression
Center of curvature
Restoring force
4. The path of each planet around the sun is an ellipse with the sun at one focus.
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5. In an interference or diffraction pattern - the places where there is the most light.
Inversely proportional
Convex lens
Maxima
Oscillation
6. A conserved scalar quantity associated with the state or condition of an object or system of objects. We can roughly define energy as the capacity for an object or system to do work. There are many different types of energy - such as kinetic energy -
Activity
Specific heat
Energy
Diffraction
7. When electromagnetic radiation shines upon a metal - the surface of the metal releases energized electrons. The way in which these electrons are released contradicts classical theories of electromagnetic radiation and supports the quantum view accord
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Wave
Static friction
Photoelectric effect
8. The amount of heat necessary to transform a liquid at a given temperature into a gas of the same temperature - or the amount of heat needed to be taken away from a gas of a given temperature to transform it into a liquid of the same temperature.
Distance
Conduction
Photoelectric effect
Latent heat of vaporization
9. 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.
Virtual image
Scalar
Elastic collision
Atomic number
10. For a reflected light ray - . In other words - a ray of light reflects of a surface in the same plane as the incident ray and the normal - and at an angle to the normal that is equal to the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
Law of reflection
Diffraction
Index of refraction
Third Law of Thermodynamics
11. The force that causes simple harmonic motion. The restoring force is always directed toward an object's equilibrium position.
Incident ray
Sound
Destructive interference
Restoring force
12. The state of a nonrotating object upon whom the net torque acting is zero.
Maxima
Equilibrium
Focal point
Thermal equilibrium
13. 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
Melting point
Compression
Temperature
14. The tendency of an object to remain at a constant velocity - or its resistance to being accelerated. Newton's First Law is alternatively called the Law of Inertia because it describes this tendency.
Inertia
Beta particle
Translational motion
Kinetic energy
15. The process by which a gas turns directly into a solid because it cannot exist as a liquid at certain pressures.
Lenz's Law
Pascals
Deposition
Scalar
16. A neutrally charged particle that - along with protons - constitutes the nucleus of an atom.
Doppler shift
Calorie
Vector
Neutron
17. A device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy by rotating a coil in a magnetic field; sometimes called a "dynamo."
Spring
Electric generator
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Orbit
18. A unit vector is a vector with length 1.
Unit vector
Inelastic collision
Pulley
Phase
19. 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.
Magnitude
Decay constant
Translational kinetic energy
Motional emf
20. Any vector can be expressed as the sum of two mutually perpendicular component vectors. Usually - but not always - these components are multiples of the basis vectors - and ; that is - vectors along the x-axis and y-axis. We define these two vectors
Direction
Destructive interference
Pascals
Component
21. Energy associated with the state of motion. The translational kinetic energy of an object is given by the equation .
Electron
Convex mirror
Standing wave
Kinetic energy
22. Essentially a restatement of energy conservation - it states that the change in the internal energy of a system is equal to the heat added plus the work done on the system.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Gamma decay
Potential energy
Mutual Induction
23. Also called a converging lens - a lens that is thicker in the middle than at the edges. Convex lenses refract light through a focal point.
Axis of rotation
Convex lens
Alpha decay
Gamma ray
24. The spectrum containing all the different kinds of electromagnetic waves - ranging in wavelength and frequency.
Antinode
Kinetic energy
Electromagnetic spectrum
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
25. A sheet - film - or screen with a pattern of equally spaced slits. Typically the width of the slits and space between them is chosen to generate a particular diffraction pattern.
Period
Kelvin
Diffraction grating
Real image
26. The energy stored in a thermodynamic system.
Meson
Internal energy
Power
Centripetal acceleration
27. A collision in which the colliding particles stick together.
Universal gas constant
Joule
Activity
Completely inelastic collision
28. 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.
Heat
Unit vector
Angular acceleration
Incident ray
29. The acceleration of a body experiencing uniform circular motion. This acceleration is always directed toward the center of the circle.
Radian
Radioactive decay
Reflection
Centripetal acceleration
30. The force of gravity - F - between two particles of mass and - separated by a distance r - has a magnitude of - where G is the gravitational constant. The force is directed along the line joining the two particles.
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31. The amount heat necessary to cause a substance to undergo a phase transition.
Spectroscope
Ground state
Latent heat of transformation
Photoelectric effect
32. When a light ray strikes a surface - the angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
Electromagnetic induction
Angle of incidence
Heat transfer
Conduction
33. A form of radioactive decay where a heavy element emits an alpha particle and some energy - thus transforming into a lighter - more stable - element.
Angular momentum
Superposition
Alpha decay
Cross product
34. An experiment in 1879 that showed that the speed of light is constant to all observers. Einstein used the results of this experiment as support for his theory of special relativity.
Michelson-Morley experiment
Joule
Minima
Equilibrium
35. 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).
Strong nuclear force
Ground state
Pulley
Magnetic flux
36. The constant of proportionality in Newton's Law of Gravitation. It reflects the proportion of the gravitational force and - the product of two particles' masses divided by the square of the bodies' separation. N · m2/kg2.
Weak nuclear force
Convex lens
Gravitational constant
Induced current
37. 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.
Joule
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Work-energy theorem
Meson
38. The building blocks of all matter - atoms are made up of a nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons - and a number of electrons that orbit the nucleus. An electrically neutral atom has as many protons as it has electrons.
Loudness
Uniform circular motion
Sound
Atom
39. The principle by which the displacements from different waves traveling in the same medium add up. Superposition is the basis for interference.
Tail
Neutrino
Superposition
Electromagnetic wave
40. In the graphical representation of vectors - the tip of the arrow is the pointy end.
Tip
Index of refraction
Weber
Deposition
41. A vector quantity - L - that is the rotational analogue of linear momentum. For a single particle - the angular momentum is the cross product of the particle's displacement from the axis of rotation and the particle's linear momentum - . For a rigid
Angular momentum
Cross product
Vertex
Reflection
42. The building blocks of all matter - quarks are the constituent parts of protons - neutrons - and mesons.
Critical angle
Quark
Moment of inertia
Coefficient of volume expansion
43. F = ma. The net force - F - acting on an object causes the object to accelerate - a. The magnitude of the acceleration is directly proportional to the net force on the object and inversely proportional to the mass - m - of the object.
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44. The distance between the focal point and the vertex of a mirror or lens. For concave mirrors and convex lenses - this number is positive. For convex mirrors and concave lenses - this number is negative.
Focal length
Faraday's Law
Crest
Inversely proportional
45. Kinematics is the study and description of the motion of objects.
Pendulum
Radiation
Maxima
Kinematics
46. 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
Orbit
Doppler shift
Kepler's Third Law
Mass
47. A unit of measurement for energy on atomic levels. 1 eV = J.
Speed
Electronvolt
Work function
Wave
48. 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
Nuclear fission
Melting point
Kinetic theory of gases
Right-hand rule
49. Objects that experience oscillatory or simple harmonic motion when distorted. Their motion is described by Hooke's Law.
Tail
Pascals
Normal
Spring
50. A nuclear reaction that takes place only at very high temperatures. Two light atoms - often hydrogen - fuse together to form a larger single atom - releasing a vast amount of energy in the process.
Work-energy theorem
Energy
Nuclear fusion
Alpha particle
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