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SAT Subject Test: hysics
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1. A scale for measuring temperature - defined such that 0K is the lowest theoretical temperature a material can have. 273K = 0ºC.
Convex lens
Hypotenuse
Phase change
Kelvin
2. 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.
Uniform circular motion
Static friction
Destructive interference
Law of conservation of energy
3. 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.
Newton's Third Law
Mole
Static friction
Pulley
4. If two systems - A and B - are in thermal equilibrium and if B and C are also in thermal equilibrium - then systems A and C are necessarily in thermal equilibrium.
Uncertainty principle
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Wave
Minima
5. The temperature at which a material will change phase from solid to liquid or liquid to solid.
Latent heat of sublimation
Melting point
Hertz (Hz)
Gravitational constant
6. A body or set of bodies that we choose to analyze as a group.
Coefficient of linear expansion
Conduction
Second Law of Thermodynamics
System
7. 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
Mole
Angular momentum
Universal gas constant
Crest
8. Body diagram- Illustrates the forces acting on an object - drawn as vectors originating from the center of the object.
Free
Kinematic equations
Alpha particle
Virtual image
9. States that the current induced in a circuit by a change in magnetic flux is in the direction that will oppose that change in flux. Using the right-hand rule - point your thumb in the opposite direction of the change in magnetic flux. The direction y
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10. The number of digits that have been accurately measured. When combining several measurements in a formula - the resulting calculation can only have as many significant digits as the measurement that has the smallest number of significant digits.
Sublimation
Significant digits
Doppler shift
Orbit
11. 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.
Gamma decay
Temperature
Pascals
Maxima
12. 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.
Alpha particle
Medium
Latent heat of sublimation
Activity
13. The distance between successive wave crests - or troughs. Wavelength is measured in meters and is related to frequency and wave speed by = v/f.
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Wavelength
Crest
Thermal equilibrium
14. 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.
Oscillation
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Sine
Concave lens
15. The time it takes a system to pass through one cycle of its repetitive motion. The period - T - is the inverse of the motion's frequency - f = 1/T.
Oscillation
Inertial reference frame
Period
Destructive interference
16. 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
Power
Cross product
Gamma decay
Photoelectric effect
17. The property by which a charge moving in a magnetic field creates an electric field.
Reflected ray
Motional emf
Quark
Electromagnetic induction
18. In an interference or diffraction pattern - the places where there is the most light.
Spectroscope
Angular acceleration
Maxima
Constant of proportionality
19. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. 1 cal = 4.19 J.
Calorie
Work function
Loudness
Polarization
20. 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.
Internal energy
Transformer
Component
Atom
21. 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
Angular displacement
Convex mirror
Heat engine
Inversely proportional
22. 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
Gold foil experiment
Magnification
Newton's Third Law
Inertial reference frame
23. Energy associated with an object's position in space - or configuration in relation to other objects. This is a latent form of energy - where the amount of potential energy reflects the amount of energy that potentially could be released as kinetic e
Universal gas constant
Potential energy
Trough
Harmonic series
24. The dot product of the area and the magnetic field passing through it. Graphically - it is a measure of the number and length of magnetic field lines passing through that area. It is measured in Webers (Wb).
Rotational motion
Ideal gas law
Magnetic flux
Traveling waves
25. The amount of error that's possible in a given measurement.
Reflected ray
Wave speed
Margin of error
Weightlessness
26. The path of each planet around the sun is an ellipse with the sun at one focus.
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27. 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.
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Decay constant
Direction
Convex mirror
28. 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
Inertial reference frame
Kinetic energy
Mutual Induction
Specific heat
29. The phenomenon of light bouncing off a surface - such as a mirror.
Reflection
Kinetic friction
Angular frequency
Motional emf
30. 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.
Rigid body
Radioactivity
Incident ray
Michelson-Morley experiment
31. 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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32. A device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy by rotating a coil in a magnetic field; sometimes called a "dynamo."
Lenz's Law
Diffraction
Quark
Electric generator
33. 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 -
Planck's constant
Equilibrium position
Pascals
Compression
34. A mirror that is curved such that its center is farther from the viewer than the edges - such as the front of a spoon. Concave mirrors reflect light through a focal point.
Decibel
Concave mirror
Equilibrium
Principal axis
35. A collision in which the colliding particles stick together.
Completely inelastic collision
Traveling waves
Angular acceleration
Law of reflection
36. The process by which a gas turns directly into a solid because it cannot exist as a liquid at certain pressures.
Electron
Deposition
Mass defect
Translational kinetic energy
37. 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.
Absolute zero
Angular acceleration
Newton's Second Law
Destructive interference
38. The points of maximum negative displacement along a wave. They are the opposite of wave crests.
Photoelectric effect
Cycle
Trough
Period
39. When a light ray strikes a surface - the angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
Angle of incidence
Universal gas constant
Heat
Melting point
40. The energy stored in a thermodynamic system.
Gravitational Potential Energy
Internal energy
Critical angle
Neutron
41. 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.
Polarization
Simple harmonic oscillator
Superposition
Atomic number
42. A unit for measuring angles; also called a "rad." 2p rad = 360º.
Radian
Virtual image
Dynamics
Weight
43. 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.
Transverse waves
Michelson-Morley experiment
Diffraction grating
Loudness
44. The motion of a body in a circular path with constant speed.
Angular momentum
Uniform circular motion
Threshold frequency
Optics
45. 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.
Spring
Pulley
Convex mirror
Latent heat of vaporization
46. The acceleration of a body experiencing uniform circular motion. This acceleration is always directed toward the center of the circle.
Conduction
Loudness
Work-energy theorem
Centripetal acceleration
47. A law - || = - which states that the induced emf is the change in magnetic flux in a certain time.
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48. The name of an electron released from the surface of a metal due to the photoelectric effect.
Photoelectron
Work
Vector
Newton's Second Law
49. 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.
Beats
Weightlessness
Inelastic collision
Radioactive decay
50. The force transmitted along a rope or cable.
Mechanical energy
Incident ray
Unit vector
Tension force