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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 positively charged particle that - along with the neutron - occupies the nucleus of the atom.
Proton
Power
Beats
Energy
2. Heat transfer by molecular collisions.
De Broglie wavelength
Loudness
Conduction
Activity
3. A law - || = - which states that the induced emf is the change in magnetic flux in a certain time.
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4. 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.
Momentum
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Virtual image
Antinode
5. An almost massless particle of neutral charge that is released along with a beta particle in beta decay.
Diffraction grating
Calorie
Neutrino
Loudness
6. Light such that all of the associated waves have the same wavelength and are in phase.
Nuclear fission
Total internal reflection
Focal point
Coherent light
7. A scale for measuring temperature - defined such that 0K is the lowest theoretical temperature a material can have. 273K = 0ºC.
Kelvin
Translational motion
Cross product
Phase change
8. The force necessary to maintain a body in uniform circular motion. This force is always directed radially toward the center of the circle.
Photoelectron
Collision
Trough
Centripetal force
9. For a gas held at a constant temperature - pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
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10. Another word for the frequency of a sound wave.
Simple harmonic oscillator
Elastic collision
Legs
Pitch
11. For a heat engine - the ratio of work done by the engine to heat intake. Efficiency is never 100%.
Threshold frequency
Weak nuclear force
Efficiency
Potential energy
12. An object that retains its overall shape - meaning that the particles that make up the rigid body stay in the same position relative to one another.
Rigid body
Static friction
Electronvolt
Work function
13. 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.
Period
Cosine
Index of refraction
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
14. When a solid - liquid - or gas changes into another phase of matter.
Phase change
Decay constant
Electromagnetic induction
Tip
15. 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.
Coefficient of static friction
Antinode
Absolute zero
Latent heat of fusion
16. The distance between successive wave crests - or troughs. Wavelength is measured in meters and is related to frequency and wave speed by = v/f.
Centripetal force
Wavelength
Hypotenuse
Tension force
17. The force between two surfaces that are not moving relative to one another. The force of static friction is parallel to the plane of contact between the two objects and resists the force pushing or pulling on the object.
Static friction
Alpha decay
Mass defect
Angular velocity
18. A wedge or a slide. The dynamics of objects sliding down inclined planes is a popular topic on SAT II Physics.
Inclined plane
Universal gas constant
Chain reaction
Neutrino
19. The points of maximum negative displacement along a wave. They are the opposite of wave crests.
Traveling waves
Trough
Absolute zero
Magnetic flux
20. The emf created by the motion of a charge through a magnetic field.
Motional emf
Ground state
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Uniform circular motion
21. A machine that operates by taking heat from a hot place - doing some work with that heat - and then exhausting the rest of the heat into a cool place. The internal combustion engine of a car is an example of a heat engine.
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Heat engine
Alpha particle
Minima
22. Objects that experience oscillatory or simple harmonic motion when distorted. Their motion is described by Hooke's Law.
Third Law of Thermodynamics
Spring
Magnitude
Uncertainty principle
23. 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.
System
Instantaneous velocity
Concave mirror
Refraction
24. When a light ray strikes a surface - the angle of incidence is the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
Spring constant
Isotope
Directly proportional
Angle of incidence
25. The center of a mirror or lens.
Crest
Gravitational Potential Energy
Vertex
Hertz (Hz)
26. Waves produced by a source that is moving with respect to the observer will seem to have a higher frequency and smaller wavelength if the motion is towards the observer - and a lower frequency and longer wavelength if the motion is away from the obse
Doppler shift
Nuclear fission
Half
Mass defect
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. Two oscillators that have the same frequency and amplitude - but reach their maximum displacements at different times - are said to have different phases. Similarly - two waves are in phase if their crests and troughs line up exactly - and they are o
Uniform circular motion
Phase
Trough
Electromagnetic wave
29. The energy associated with the configuration of bodies attracted to each other by the gravitational force. It is a measure of the amount of work necessary to get the two bodies from a chosen point of reference to their present position. This point of
Angular velocity
Nucleus
Hertz (Hz)
Gravitational Potential Energy
30. A device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy by rotating a coil in a magnetic field; sometimes called a "dynamo."
Gravitational Potential Energy
Proton
Electric generator
Transformer
31. 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
Standing wave
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fission
Kepler's Second Law
32. A constant in the numerator of a formula.
Constant of proportionality
Unit vector
Photoelectric effect
Displacement
33. A transverse traveling wave created by the oscillations of an electric field and a magnetic field. Electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light - m/s. Examples include microwaves - X rays - and visible light.
Electromagnetic wave
Total internal reflection
Amplitude
Focal point
34. A neutrally charged particle that - along with protons - constitutes the nucleus of an atom.
Neutron
Fundamental
Kinematic equations
Velocity
35. The sum of a system's potential and kinetic energy. In many systems - including projectiles - pulleys - pendulums - and motion on frictionless surfaces - mechanical energy is conserved. One important type of problem in which mechanical energy is not
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Mechanical energy
Electromagnetic induction
Temperature
36. Heat transfer via the mass movement of molecules.
Concave lens
Convection
Translational kinetic energy
Activity
37. The temperature at which a material will change phase from solid to liquid or liquid to solid.
Scalar
Centripetal force
Melting point
Heat
38. A push or a pull that causes an object to accelerate.
Lenz's Law
Michelson-Morley experiment
Force
Melting point
39. A transfer of thermal energy from one system to another.
Heat transfer
Nuclear fusion
Velocity
Reflected ray
40. The points on a standing wave where total destructive interference causes the medium to remain fixed at its equilibrium position.
Force
Node
Significant digits
Specific heat
41. A pulley is a simple machine that consists of a rope that slides around a disk or block.
Pulley
Pitch
Medium
Threshold frequency
42. 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.
System
Period
Gamma decay
Maxima
43. The coefficient of kinetic friction - - for two materials is the constant of proportionality between the normal force and the force of kinetic friction. It is always a number between zero and one.
Coefficient of volume expansion
Nucleus
Coefficient of kinetic friction
Right-hand rule
44. 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.
Heat engine
Normal
Thermal energy
Superposition
45. The joule (J) is the unit of work and energy. A joule is 1 N · m or 1 kg · m2/s2.
Electron
Newton's Second Law
Sound
Joule
46. 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.
Legs
Static friction
Conduction
Concave lens
47. The motion of a body in a circular path with constant speed.
Cycle
Inversely proportional
Vector
Uniform circular motion
48. The longest side of a right triangle - opposite to the right angle.
Harmonic series
Radioactivity
Hypotenuse
Work
49. A body or set of bodies that we choose to analyze as a group.
Entropy
Pressure
System
Kinematics
50. An experiment by Ernest Rutherford that proved for the first time that atoms have nuclei.
Gold foil experiment
Collision
Chain reaction
Translational motion