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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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1. 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.
Spring
Work
Michelson-Morley experiment
Mechanical energy
2. The force necessary to maintain a body in uniform circular motion. This force is always directed radially toward the center of the circle.
Magnetic flux
Refraction
Unit vector
Centripetal force
3. An almost massless particle of neutral charge that is released along with a beta particle in beta decay.
Gravitational Potential Energy
Neutrino
Polarization
Melting point
4. The lowest theoretical temperature a material can have - where the molecules that make up the material have no kinetic energy. Absolute zero is reached at 0 K or -273º C.
Simple harmonic oscillator
Wave speed
Absolute zero
Normal
5. A measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules in a system. Temperature is related to heat by the specific heat of a given substance.
Magnitude
Weber
Law of reflection
Temperature
6. 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
Wave
Beta decay
Oscillation
Vector
7. A form of radioactive decay where a heavy element emits an alpha particle and some energy - thus transforming into a lighter - more stable - element.
Boiling point
Weight
Alpha decay
Force
8. The energy associated with the configuration of bodies attracted to each other by the gravitational force. It is a measure of the amount of work necessary to get the two bodies from a chosen point of reference to their present position. This point of
Node
Cosine
Latent heat of fusion
Gravitational Potential Energy
9. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. 1 cal = 4.19 J.
Destructive interference
Weber
Calorie
Frequency
10. A transfer of thermal energy. We don't speak about systems "having" heat - but about their "transferring" heat - much in the way that dynamical systems don't "have" work - but rather "do" work.
Heat
Reflection
Instantaneous velocity
Dynamics
11. A quantity that possesses a magnitude but not a direction. Mass and length are common examples.
Half
Moment of inertia
Scalar
Concave mirror
12. The point of a mirror or lens where all light that runs parallel to the principal axis will be focused. Concave mirrors and convex lenses are designed to focus light into the focal point. Convex mirrors and concave lenses focus light away from the fo
Focal point
Neutrino
Neutron number
Newton's First Law
13. In an interference or diffraction pattern - the places where there is the most light.
Weber
Real image
Maxima
Specific heat
14. The number of hydrogen atoms in one gram of hydrogen - equal to . When counting the number of molecules in a gas - it is often convenient to count them in moles.
Force
Principal axis
Mole
Antinode
15. Light such that all of the associated waves have the same wavelength and are in phase.
Inelastic collision
Margin of error
Coherent light
Rotational motion
16. A vector quantity defined as the rate of change of the displacement vector with time. It is to be contrasted with speed - which is a scalar quantity for which no direction is specified.
Superposition
Wave speed
Node
Velocity
17. The gravitational force exerted on a given mass.
Photon
Michelson-Morley experiment
Weight
Dispersion
18. 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.
Angular acceleration
Boyle's Law
Efficiency
Magnitude
19. 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.
Instantaneous velocity
Tension force
Joule
Activity
20. The series of standing waves supported by a string with both ends tied down. The first member of the series - called the fundamental - has two nodes at the ends and one anti-node in the middle. The higher harmonics are generated by placing an integra
Rotational kinetic energy
Harmonic series
Photoelectron
Node
21. A model for the atom developed in 1913 by Niels Bohr. According to this model - the electrons orbiting a nucleus can only orbit at certain particular radii. Excited electrons may jump to a more distant radii and then return to their ground state - em
Translational kinetic energy
Bohr atomic model
Maxima
Celsius
22. 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
Distance
Cross product
Transformer
23. The cancellation of one wave by another wave that is exactly out of phase with the first. Despite the dramatic name of this phenomenon - nothing is "destroyed" by this interference—the two waves emerge intact once they have passed each other.
Orbit
Harmonic series
Destructive interference
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
24. A property common to both vectors and scalars. In the graphical representation of a vector - the vector's magnitude is equal to the length of the arrow.
Axis of rotation
Inertia
Magnitude
Doppler shift
25. Waves in which the medium moves in the direction perpendicular to the propagation of the wave. Waves on a stretched string - water waves - and electromagnetic waves are all examples of transverse waves.
Conduction
Margin of error
Mass defect
Transverse waves
26. In the graphical representation of vectors - the tip of the arrow is the pointy end.
Tip
Melting point
Velocity
Real image
27. For a gas held at a constant temperature - pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
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28. A body or set of bodies that we choose to analyze as a group.
Dispersion
System
Mass
Isotope
29. A reference frame in which Newton's First Law is true. Two inertial reference frames move at a constant velocity relative to one another. According to the first postulate of Einstein's theory of special relativity - the laws of physics are the same i
Fundamental
Inertial reference frame
Loudness
Instantaneous velocity
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.
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Virtual image
Atomic number
Nucleus
31. If the net torque acting on a rigid body is zero - then the angular momentum of the body is constant or conserved.
Uniform circular motion
Orbit
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Decibel
32. In the graphical representation of vectors - the tail of the arrow is the blunt end (the end without a point).
Ideal gas law
Tail
Centripetal acceleration
Melting point
33. The straight line that runs through the focal point and the vertex of a mirror or lens.
Center of curvature
Beta particle
Photon
Principal axis
34. A rough approximation of how gases work - that is quite accurate in everyday conditions. According to the kinetic theory - gases are made up of tiny - round molecules that move about in accordance with Newton's Laws - and collide with one another and
Kepler's Second Law
Kinetic theory of gases
Angle of incidence
Ground state
35. In oscillation - a cycle occurs when an object undergoing oscillatory motion completes a "round-trip." For instance - a pendulum bob released at angle has completed one cycle when it swings to and then back to again. In period motion - a cycle is the
Cycle
Pitch
Rotational kinetic energy
Angular position
36. The five equations used to solve problems in kinematics in one dimension with uniform acceleration.
Velocity
Reflected ray
Kinematic equations
Newton's Third Law
37. The number of cycles executed by a system in one second. Frequency is the inverse of period - f = 1/T. Frequency is measured in hertz - Hz.
Frequency
Angular period
Standing wave
Inversely proportional
38. 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.
Melting point
Latent heat of vaporization
Snell's Law
Work function
39. A device that breaks incoming light down into spectral rays - so that one can see the exact wavelength constituents of the light.
Spectroscope
Dynamics
Beta particle
Spring constant
40. The amount of heat of a material required to raise the temperature of either one kilogram or one gram of that material by one degree Celsius. Different units may be used depending on whether specific heat is measured in s of grams or kilograms - and
Specific heat
Basis vector
Focal length
Vertex
41. An object that retains its overall shape - meaning that the particles that make up the rigid body stay in the same position relative to one another.
Kepler's Second Law
Right-hand rule
Rigid body
Unit vector
42. A coefficient that tells how much the volume of a solid will change when it is heated or cooled.
Kepler's Third Law
Right-hand rule
Coefficient of volume expansion
Wave
43. For a gas held at constant pressure - temperature and volume are directly proportional.
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44. The angle between a reflected ray and the normal.
Angle of reflection
Angular acceleration
Ground state
Electric generator
45. 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
Latent heat of vaporization
Radioactive decay
Distance
Hertz (Hz)
46. 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.
Pressure
Kinematics
Transverse waves
Focal length
47. Waves carried by variations in air pressure. The speed of sound waves in air at room temperature and pressure is roughly 343 m/s.
Alpha decay
Angular period
Sound
Period
48. 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
Absolute zero
Spring constant
Cycle
Celsius
49. An experiment by Ernest Rutherford that proved for the first time that atoms have nuclei.
Newton
Coefficient of volume expansion
Gold foil experiment
Lenz's Law
50. The movement of a rigid body's center of mass in space.
Law of conservation of energy
Kinetic energy
Convex mirror
Translational motion
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