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MCAT Physics Formulas
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. atomic mass number represents
Virtual upright
W=mg=?Vg
Protons+neutrons
F=Gm1m2/r^2
2. horizontal velocity of projectile
Inverted image
F=ma
Vcos?
Sin=0 cos=-1
3. boiling point of H2O in K and C
N2>n1
Radiation
Proton or neutron
373K 100
4. find voltage (original)
Force applied parallel to objects surface
V=kq/r
Number of protons
Sin=1 cos=0
5. gravitational force formula
Vcos?
F=Gm1m2/r^2
T=1/f
Higher temperature increases resistance
6. difference between Calorie and calorie
?x=1/2(v+vo)t
Cohesion
None
A Calorie is a nutritional term equal to 1000 calories
7. equation for capacitance with dielectric
C=eoKA/D
Spreading out of light as it passes through a narrow opening
N=c/v
Sin=v2/2 cos=v2/2
8. suppose a block is floating in H2O - What does this mean
Buoyant force equals blocks weight
Intensity
Mass
2
9. only radioactive decay that conserves the nucleus charge
Gamma decay
Vbulk modulus
1000 kg/m^3 or 1 g/cm^3
None
10. electric work
Inverted image
Counterclockwise is + clockwise is -
Vsin?
U=q?v
11. ?
K+U=constant
Charge/length
Buoyant force equals blocks weight
Degree=p/180 radian
12. thermal expansion of a solid
Real image
?=2L/n
?L=aL?T
Increase length increase resistance
13. find factor by which something has been changed
??=nv/4L
F=mv^2/r
3
New/old
14. magnetic force
F=qvBetasin?
Surface
Counterclockwise is + clockwise is -
Holds whenever we have a change in energy ?E=?KE+?PE=0
15. density with units
Approx .7
Real inverted
?=m/v kg/m^3 g/ml g/cm^3
F=Gm1m2/r^2
16. relate focal length and radius of curvature(r)
F=r/2
Vbulk modulus
F=1/2(r)
Dispersion
17. a in isotopic notation
Wave speed
Pressure to move - voltage when no charge is moving between 2 terminals
?V=BetaV?T
Mass number
18. Electric Potential equation
Charge/length
V=kQ/r
Protons+neutrons
Virtual upright smaller
19. magnitude of magnetic field for current carrying wire
Vo^2+2a(?x)
Beta=
E=neE n is excess charge
Yield strength
20. 0
VA=V/time and v1A1=v2A2 (fluids will flow more quickly through narrow passages)
Vcos?
T=rFsin?
Sin=0 cos=1
21. type of heat transfer involving transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
F=r/2
Gamma decay
Rate of doing work
Radiation
22. type of image ALWAYS created by diverging (convex) mirror
(1/2)?v^2
Virtual upright smaller
More rigid material
?L=aL?T
23. Hooke's Law
V^2=vo^2+2a?x ?x=1/2(vo+v)t
F=- kx
WATTS
Force applied parallel to objects surface
24. charge of beta particles
J=Force*Time=mv - mvo=?p
?=m/v kg/m^3 g/ml g/cm^3
Negative
E=neE n is excess charge
25. visible light wavelength
Light travels from high n to lower n with an angle of incidence greater than the critical angle
Pressure to move - voltage when no charge is moving between 2 terminals
700nm -400nm
VA=V/time and v1A1=v2A2 (fluids will flow more quickly through narrow passages)
26. vertical velocity of projectile
Resistor
Upright image
Vsin?
Beta=10Log(I/Io)
27. When is voltage constant across capacitors
When in parallel
Sin=0 cos=1
Vcos?
Mass number
28. snell's law derivative
Weighted average of the masses of the element
2pvL/g
Vcos?
N is proportional to 1/?
29. density of water
1000 kg/m^3 or 1 g/cm^3
Perpendicular to each other
273K 0
Cohesion
30. volume thermal expansion of a solid
Zero resistance
A=v^2/r
Sin=0 cos=-1
?V=BetaV?T
31. diffraction
Spreading out of light as it passes through a narrow opening
20 Hz to 20 -000 Hz
Req=R1+R2+R3 Veq=V1+V2+V3
Beta=
32. total energy of spring system
E=1/2k(A^2)
Frequency
Perpendicular to each other
No net force acting on it
33. z in isotopic notation
F=I(L*B)
Resistor
Number of protons
?=2L/n
34. power of sound wave
B=
M1v1=m2v2
Vo+at
P=IA
35. amplitude of spring is proportional to...
Conduction
Force and acceleration
Resistor
E=kQ/r^2
36. volumetric rate of flow (property)
U=(1/2)kx^2
P=IV
Constant for closed system independent of changes in area
3a=Beta
37. when an electron absorbs a photon
More rigid material
Constant for closed system independent of changes in area
?=2L/n
It jumps to higher energy level
38. frequency in string
Solute whose solution is conductive
Approx .7
More malleable material
F=nv/2L
39. weight
273K 0
P=i^2R=V^2/R=IV
1/f=1/o+ 1/i
W=mg=?Vg
40. What is displacement equation
?x=1/2(v+vo)t
???
20 Hz to 20 -000 Hz
Fs=
41. solves for power lost during transmission (one way)
???
None
Electric fields of all the light waves are oriented in the same direction
P=i^2r
42. deposition
Ampere (1C/s)
E=kQ/r^2
Y=(F/A)/(?L/L) stress over strain
Gas to solid
43. electric potential energy
U=QV
V/??
It is halved
2 times the focal distance
44. Ohm's Law
Convection
2
Virtual upright
V=IR
45. force due to electric field on single charge
Proton or neutron
E=neE n is excess charge
P=IA
Force and acceleration
46. process of combing smaller nuclei to create larger nuclei
Kg*m/s^2
Fusion
4 Hz
(Vo+v)/2
47. When does turbulence in a fluid arise
Splitting of atomic nuclei
Will never decrease capacitance
When velocity of the fluid exceeds critical velocity
F=I(L*B)
48. work in electromagnetic field
Wave speed
W=qv
Inverted image
Convection
49. continuity equation*
Fs=
VA=V/time and v1A1=v2A2 (fluids will flow more quickly through narrow passages)
V=kq/r
B=(F/A)/(?V/V)
50. magnetic field of solenoid
Current*voltage
Difference between the absolute and atm pressure Pg=P- Patm
N*s/m^2
B=