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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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1. An object is called radioactive if it undergoes radioactive decay.
Radioactivity
Chain reaction
Rotational kinetic energy
Index of refraction
2. A wedge or a slide. The dynamics of objects sliding down inclined planes is a popular topic on SAT II Physics.
Cycle
Rarefaction
Inclined plane
Collision
3. The center of an atom - where the protons and neutrons reside. Electrons then orbit this nucleus.
Nucleus
Uncertainty principle
Thermal energy
Photoelectron
4. The amount of heat necessary to transform a solid at a given temperature into a liquid of the same temperature - or the amount of heat needed to be removed from a liquid of a given temperature to transform it into a solid of the same temperature.
Momentum
Cosine
Latent heat of fusion
Tail
5. A vector quantity defined as the product of the force acting on a body multiplied by the time interval over which the force is exerted.
Impulse
Focal point
Beta decay
Total internal reflection
6. 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.
Translational kinetic energy
Inclined plane
Law of reflection
Michelson-Morley experiment
7. 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.
Mechanical energy
Boyle's Law
Pendulum
Angle of incidence
8. The units of frequency - defined as inverse-seconds (1 Hz = 1 s-1). "Hertz" can be used interchangeably with "cycles per second."
Momentum
Boyle's Law
Hertz (Hz)
Orbit
9. When an object is held in circular motion about a massive body - like a planet or a sun - due to the force of gravity - that object is said to be in orbit. Objects in orbit are in perpetual free fall - and so are therefore weightless.
Charles's Law
Orbit
Beats
Cycle
10. 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 decay
Diffraction grating
Amplitude
Pendulum
11. 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
Radian
Kepler's Second Law
Loudness
Directly proportional
12. When a solid - liquid - or gas changes into another phase of matter.
Kepler's First Law
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Inclined plane
Phase change
13. 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
Incident ray
Vector
Kinematic equations
Maxima
14. 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.
Restoring force
Temperature
Angular acceleration
Angular momentum
15. Light such that all of the associated waves have the same wavelength and are in phase.
Reflect
Coherent light
Boyle's Law
Beta particle
16. In an interference or diffraction pattern - the places where there is the most light.
Legs
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Angular position
Maxima
17. The time - T - required for a rigid body to complete one revolution.
Induced current
Radius of curvature
Angular period
Reflect
18. An object at rest remains at rest - unless acted upon by a net force. An object in motion remains in motion - unless acted upon by a net force.
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19. In the graphical representation of vectors - the tip of the arrow is the pointy end.
Minima
Gamma decay
Alpha particle
Tip
20. The unit of magnetic flux - equal to one T · m2.
Celsius
Weightlessness
Weber
Moment of inertia
21. An experiment by Ernest Rutherford that proved for the first time that atoms have nuclei.
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Uncertainty principle
Newton's Third Law
Gold foil experiment
22. 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.
Latent heat of vaporization
Kepler's Third Law
Basis vector
Inversely proportional
23. The square of the amplitude of a sound wave is called the sound's loudness - or volume.
Loudness
Universal gas constant
Radioactivity
Convex lens
24. 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 -
Component
Compression
Proton
Heat engine
25. 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
Weak nuclear force
Centripetal acceleration
Pressure
26. A form of radioactive decay where a heavy element emits an alpha particle and some energy - thus transforming into a lighter - more stable - element.
Moment of inertia
Alpha decay
Induced current
Universal gas constant
27. If a line is drawn from the sun to the planet - then the area swept out by this line in a given time interval is constant.
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28. The disorder of a system.
Strong nuclear force
Inversely proportional
Entropy
Impulse
29. 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.
Rotational kinetic energy
Radioactive decay
Gold foil experiment
Simple harmonic oscillator
30. A vector quantity - commonly denoted by the vector s - which reflects an object's change in spatial position. The displacement vector points from the object's starting position to the object's current position in space. If an object is moved from poi
Celsius
Translational kinetic energy
Displacement
Distance
31. 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 -
Energy
Gold foil experiment
Vertex
Kinematic equations
32. A device made of two coils - which converts current of one voltage into current of another voltage. In a step-up transformer - the primary coil has fewer turns than the secondary - thus increasing the voltage. In a step-down transformer - the seconda
Transformer
Radioactive decay
Energy
Kelvin
33. The building blocks of all matter - quarks are the constituent parts of protons - neutrons - and mesons.
Quark
Loudness
Uniform circular motion
Dynamics
34. 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
Inelastic collision
Convex lens
Beats
Phase
35. A system with many parts in periodic - or repetitive - motion. The oscillations in one part cause vibrations in nearby parts.
Wave
Speed
Universal gas constant
Rotational kinetic energy
36. 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
Kelvin
Tail
Hertz (Hz)
Distance
37. A collision in which momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not.
Heat engine
Critical angle
Inelastic collision
Reflection
38. The number - N - of neutrons in an atomic nucleus.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Neutron number
Radius of curvature
Atom
39. 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.
Medium
Magnetic flux
Atom
Frequency
40. A unit of measurement for energy on atomic levels. 1 eV = J.
Normal force
Newton's Second Law
Beats
Electronvolt
41. 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
Restoring force
Inertial reference frame
Rotational motion
Bohr atomic model
42. The state of a nonrotating object upon whom the net torque acting is zero.
Equilibrium
Sublimation
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Thermal equilibrium
43. 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
Internal energy
Pulley
Angular momentum
Kinematic equations
44. Two quantities are inversely proportional if an increase in one results in a proportional decrease in the other - and a decrease in one results in a proportional increase in the other. In a formula defining a certain quantity - those quantities to wh
Inclined plane
Force
Inversely proportional
Calorie
45. The spectrum containing all the different kinds of electromagnetic waves - ranging in wavelength and frequency.
Latent heat of sublimation
Electric generator
Electromagnetic spectrum
Snell's Law
46. 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.
Magnitude
Photoelectric effect
Index of refraction
Work-energy theorem
47. The temperature at which a material will change phase from liquid to gas or gas to liquid.
Mass number
Principal axis
Entropy
Boiling point
48. The temperature at which a material will change phase from solid to liquid or liquid to solid.
Melting point
Pulley
Mass defect
Gamma decay
49. A form of vector multiplication - where two vectors are multiplied to produce a third vector. The cross product of two vectors - A and B - separated by an angle - - is - where is a unit vector perpendicular to both A and B. To deine which direction
Mass defect
Magnitude
Snell's Law
Cross product
50. A particle - identical to an electron. Beta particles are ejected from an atom in the process of beta decay.
Weight
Component
Mutual Induction
Beta particle