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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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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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1. A collision in which momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not.
Angular period
Inelastic collision
Radioactivity
Critical angle
2. The points on a standing wave where total destructive interference causes the medium to remain fixed at its equilibrium position.
Node
Translational kinetic energy
Vector
Magnitude
3. The separation of different color light via refraction.
Magnitude
Work
Magnification
Dispersion
4. 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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5. A constant - - not to be confused with wavelength - that defines the speed at which a radioactive element undergoes decay. The greater is - the faster the element decays.
Translational kinetic energy
Decay constant
Medium
Nuclear fission
6. 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
Mechanical energy
Latent heat of sublimation
Component
Dispersion
7. The amount of energy that metal must absorb before it can release a photoelectron from the metal.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Sound
Work function
De Broglie wavelength
8. The force that causes simple harmonic motion. The restoring force is always directed toward an object's equilibrium position.
Bohr atomic model
Restoring force
Neutron
Work-energy theorem
9. The path of each planet around the sun is an ellipse with the sun at one focus.
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10. 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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11. 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.
Angular period
Speed
Node
Gravitational constant
12. The energy of the molecules that make up an object. It is related to heat - which is the amount of energy transferred from one object to another object that is a different temperature.
Thermal energy
Center of curvature
Rigid body
Second Law of Thermodynamics
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.
Entropy
Tangent
Wavelength
Component
14. For a gas held at constant pressure - temperature and volume are directly proportional.
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15. For a heat engine - the ratio of work done by the engine to heat intake. Efficiency is never 100%.
Efficiency
Polarization
Fundamental
Centripetal force
16. To every action - there is an equal and opposite reaction. If an object A exerts a force on another object B - B will exert on A a force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force exerted by A.
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17. A body or set of bodies that we choose to analyze as a group.
System
Instantaneous velocity
Total internal reflection
Coefficient of linear expansion
18. Two materials are in thermal equilibrium if they are at the same temperature.
Thermal equilibrium
Tail
Weak nuclear force
Translational kinetic energy
19. 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.
Snell's Law
Magnitude
Heat
Angular momentum
20. Also called a diverging lens - a lens that is thinner in the middle than at the edges. Concave lenses refract light away from a focal point.
Radian
Concave lens
Normal
Vertex
21. Done when energy is transferred by a force. The work done by a force F in displacing an object by s is W = F · s.
Static friction
Momentum
Wave
Work
22. The state of a nonrotating object upon whom the net torque acting is zero.
Gravitational Potential Energy
Radioactive decay
Internal energy
Equilibrium
23. 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
Angular period
Angular momentum
Equilibrium position
24. 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
Induced current
Orbit
Beats
Mechanical energy
25. The disorder of a system.
Momentum
Angle of incidence
Convex mirror
Entropy
26. The reaction force of the ground - a table - etc. - when an object is placed upon it. The normal force is a direct consequence of Newton's Third Law: when an object is placed on the ground - the ground pushes back with the same force that it is pushe
Incident ray
Center of curvature
Sine
Normal force
27. A wave with wave crests that propagate down the length of the medium - in contrast to stationary standing waves. The velocity at which a crest propagates is called the wave speed.
Phase change
Equilibrium
Traveling waves
Ideal gas law
28. A neutrally charged particle that - along with protons - constitutes the nucleus of an atom.
Longitudinal waves
Inversely proportional
Neutron
Radioactivity
29. The longest side of a right triangle - opposite to the right angle.
Compression
Strong nuclear force
Pressure
Hypotenuse
30. A rigid body's resistance to being rotated. The moment of inertia for a single particle is MR2 - where M is the mass of the rigid body and R is the distance to the rotation axis. For rigid bodies - calculating the moment of inertia is more complicate
Moment of inertia
Center of mass
Standing wave
Angular momentum
31. An almost massless particle of neutral charge that is released along with a beta particle in beta decay.
Motional emf
Neutrino
Sine
Impulse
32. 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.
Isotope
Mole
Superposition
Focal length
33. Objects that experience oscillatory or simple harmonic motion when distorted. Their motion is described by Hooke's Law.
Convex mirror
Thermal equilibrium
Spring
Chain reaction
34. 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.
Nuclear fission
Hertz (Hz)
Photoelectron
Convex lens
35. 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
Bohr atomic model
Real image
Pressure
Thermal energy
36. The stable position of a system where the net force acting on the object is zero.
Legs
Equilibrium position
Motional emf
Elastic collision
37. For two given media - the smallest angle of incidence at which total internal reflection occurs.
Concave mirror
Kinematic equations
Efficiency
Critical angle
38. 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.
Entropy
Specific heat
Nuclear fusion
Absolute zero
39. The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another. Light refracts toward the normal when going from a less dense medium into a denser medium and away from the normal when going from a denser medium into a less dense medium.
Coefficient of static friction
Refraction
Total internal reflection
Newton
40. The two shorter sides of a right triangle that meet at the right angle.
Legs
Weak nuclear force
Reflect
Pitch
41. The effect of force on rotational motion.
Radian
Inelastic collision
Torque
Alpha decay
42. 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.
Gravitational Potential Energy
Orbit
Heat
Index of refraction
43. A device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy by rotating a coil in a magnetic field; sometimes called a "dynamo."
Electric generator
Newton's Second Law
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Decibel
44. 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.
Frequency
Electron
Convex mirror
Ideal gas law
45. A unit for measuring angles; also called a "rad." 2p rad = 360º.
Radian
Gravitational Potential Energy
Tip
Quark
46. 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
Directly proportional
Tip
Orbit
Spring
47. The energy of a particle rotating around an axis.
Rotational kinetic energy
Amplitude
Inclined plane
Coherent light
48. Heat transfer via the mass movement of molecules.
Free
Law of reflection
Focal length
Convection
49. 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
Inversely proportional
Electromagnetic induction
Mass number
Restoring force
50. The points of maximum negative displacement along a wave. They are the opposite of wave crests.
Refracted ray
Decay constant
Conduction
Trough