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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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1. A vector quantity defined as the rate of change of the velocity vector with time.
Acceleration
Centripetal force
Amplitude
Coefficient of static friction
2. The straight line that runs through the focal point and the vertex of a mirror or lens.
Photoelectron
Elastic collision
Principal axis
Newton
3. 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
Nucleus
Gravitational Potential Energy
Entropy
4. In the Bohr model of the atom - the state in which an electron has the least energy and orbits closest to the nucleus.
Tip
Period
Weak nuclear force
Ground state
5. A positively charged particle that - along with the neutron - occupies the nucleus of the atom.
Harmonic series
Proton
Torque
Focal length
6. 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.
Radiation
Kinematic equations
Total internal reflection
Sound
7. 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.
Orbit
Refraction
Internal energy
Third Law of Thermodynamics
8. 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.
Universal gas constant
Gravitational constant
Spring constant
Phase change
9. 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
Coherent light
Melting point
Normal
10. A scale for measuring temperature - defined such that 0K is the lowest theoretical temperature a material can have. 273K = 0ºC.
Bohr atomic model
Inversely proportional
Kelvin
Decay constant
11. The temperature at which a material will change phase from solid to liquid or liquid to solid.
Force
Melting point
Completely inelastic collision
Uniform circular motion
12. A process that aligns a wave of light to oscillate in one dimension rather than two.
Polarization
Translational motion
Mass defect
Kinetic theory of gases
13. The angle between a reflected ray and the normal.
Snell's Law
Angle of reflection
Kinetic energy
Newton's Third Law
14. In the graphical representation of vectors - the tail of the arrow is the blunt end (the end without a point).
Tail
Phase change
Angular frequency
Center of mass
15. 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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16. 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.
Absolute zero
Restoring force
Superposition
Coherent light
17. 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 -
Photon
Compression
Rutherford nuclear model
Vertex
18. Waves that oscillate in the same direction as the propagation of the wave. Sound is carried by longitudinal waves - since the air molecules move back and forth in the same direction the sound travels.
Longitudinal waves
Magnetic flux
Displacement
Basis vector
19. The force transmitted along a rope or cable.
Vector
Collision
Tension force
Efficiency
20. The motion of a body in a circular path with constant speed.
Traveling waves
Uniform circular motion
Scalar
Mutual Induction
21. The amplification of one wave by another - identical wave of the same sign. Two constructively interfering waves are said to be "in phase."
Constructive interference
Critical angle
Dispersion
Node
22. 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.
Velocity
Pendulum
Induced current
Right-hand rule
23. In a right triangle - the sine of a given angle is the length of the side opposite the angle divided by the length of the hypotenuse.
Sine
Angle of incidence
Work-energy theorem
Threshold frequency
24. An image created by a mirror or lens in such a way that light does not actually come from where the image appears to be.
Traveling waves
Electric generator
Virtual image
Photon
25. The principle by which the displacements from different waves traveling in the same medium add up. Superposition is the basis for interference.
Energy
Superposition
Frictional force
Inclined plane
26. A form of radioactive decay where a heavy element ejects a beta particle and a neutrino - becoming a lighter element in the process.
Beta decay
Kinematics
Gamma decay
Uncertainty principle
27. A neutrally charged particle that - along with protons - constitutes the nucleus of an atom.
Vertex
Newton
Angle of refraction
Neutron
28. The process by which a gas turns directly into a solid because it cannot exist as a liquid at certain pressures.
Calorie
Legs
Michelson-Morley experiment
Deposition
29. A collision in which both kinetic energy and momentum are conserved.
Elastic collision
Vertex
Angle of refraction
Optics
30. A collision in which momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not.
Equilibrium
Spectroscope
Inelastic collision
Minima
31. 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.
Diffraction grating
Radius of curvature
Weber
Rigid body
32. 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
Proton
Pitch
Chain reaction
Wavelength
33. 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.
Translational motion
Mass
Electronvolt
Speed
34. 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.
Tension force
Alpha decay
Moment of inertia
Weightlessness
35. The force necessary to maintain a body in uniform circular motion. This force is always directed radially toward the center of the circle.
Cross product
Centripetal force
Optics
Sublimation
36. A pulley is a simple machine that consists of a rope that slides around a disk or block.
Transverse waves
Work-energy theorem
Specific heat
Pulley
37. The application of kinematics to understand why objects move the way they do. More precisely - dynamics is the study of how forces cause motion.
Speed
Displacement
Dynamics
Convex mirror
38. The points of maximum negative displacement along a wave. They are the opposite of wave crests.
Sine
Gravitational Potential Energy
Trough
Electromagnetic spectrum
39. 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.
Magnification
Basis vector
Coefficient of volume expansion
Dynamics
40. 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
Unit vector
Node
Directly proportional
Component
41. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. 1 cal = 4.19 J.
Work function
Calorie
Pendulum
Tangent
42. 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
Angular displacement
Sublimation
Specific heat
Instantaneous velocity
43. A form of radioactive decay where a heavy element emits an alpha particle and some energy - thus transforming into a lighter - more stable - element.
System
Conservation of momentum
Alpha decay
Dynamics
44. For a gas held at constant pressure - temperature and volume are directly proportional.
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45. The movement of a rigid body's center of mass in space.
Rotational motion
Mass defect
Translational motion
Electromagnetic spectrum
46. 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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47. The force between two surfaces moving relative to one another. The frictional force is parallel to the plane of contact between the two objects and in the opposite direction of the sliding object's motion.
System
Reflected ray
Kinetic friction
Second Law of Thermodynamics
48. There are a few versions of this law. One is that heat flows spontaneously from hot to cold - but not in the reverse direction. Another is that there is no such thing as a 100% efficient heat engine. A third states that the entropy - or disorder - of
Inelastic collision
Orbit
Weight
Second Law of Thermodynamics
49. A force caused by the roughness of two materials in contact - deformations in the materials - and a molecular attraction between the materials. Frictional forces are always parallel to the plane of contact between two surfaces and opposite the direct
Significant digits
Absolute zero
Frictional force
Harmonic series
50. 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
Decay constant
Magnification
Angular momentum
Pascals
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