SAT Subject Test Physics

Title Page......Page 2
Part One: The Basics......Page 9
Chapter 1: About the SAT Subject Tests......Page 11
Common Questions About the SAT Subject Tests......Page 13
SAT Subject Test Mastery......Page 24
Chapter 2: Getting Ready for the SAT Subject Test: Physics......Page 31
Content......Page 33
Scoring Information......Page 38
Question Types......Page 39
Kaplan Strategies......Page 48
Stress Management......Page 50
Tips for Just Before the Test......Page 63
Diagnostic Test......Page 65
How to Take the Diagnostic Test......Page 67
How to Calculate Your Score......Page 68
Answer Grid......Page 75
How to Use the Results of Your Diagnostic Test in Your Review......Page 76
Diagnostic Test......Page 77
Diagnostic Test: Answer Key......Page 121
Diagnostic Test: Answers and Explanations......Page 124
Part Three: Physics Review......Page 138
Chapter 3: Measurement, Scalars, and Vectors......Page 140
Exponents......Page 142
Graphing......Page 147
Trigonometry......Page 154
Scalars and Vectors......Page 156
Review Questions......Page 165
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 170
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 171
Chapter 4: Kinematics......Page 175
Distance and Displacement......Page 177
Speed and Velocity......Page 178
Acceleration......Page 180
The Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion......Page 183
Graphs of Motion......Page 197
Review Questions......Page 206
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 213
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 214
Chapter 5: Dynamics......Page 218
Newton’s First Law of Motion......Page 220
Newton’s Second Law of Motion......Page 221
Newton’s Third Law of Motion......Page 233
Review Questions......Page 240
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 245
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 246
Chapter 6: Momentum and Impulse......Page 249
Momentum......Page 251
Impulse......Page 253
Conservation of Momentum in One Dimension......Page 256
Review Questions......Page 263
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 266
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 267
Chapter 7: Work and Energy......Page 270
Work......Page 272
Energy......Page 275
Conservation of Energy......Page 280
Power......Page 283
Review Questions......Page 286
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 290
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 291
Chapter 8: Circular Motion and Rotation......Page 294
Uniform Circular Motion......Page 296
Torque......Page 302
Angular Momentum......Page 305
Review Questions......Page 307
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 312
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 313
Chapter 9: Vibrations......Page 316
The Dynamics of Harmonic Motion......Page 318
Energy Considerations in Harmonic Motion......Page 323
Review Questions......Page 328
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 332
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 333
Chapter 10: Gravity......Page 335
Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation......Page 337
Orbiting Satellites......Page 341
Review Questions......Page 345
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 348
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 349
Chapter 11: Electric Fields, Forces, and Potentials......Page 351
Charge......Page 353
Coulomb’s Law......Page 356
Separation and Transfer of Charge in an Electroscope......Page 358
Electric Field......Page 362
Review Questions......Page 372
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 377
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 378
Chapter 12: Circuits......Page 381
Current, Voltage, and Resistance......Page 383
Power and Joule’s Law of Heating......Page 389
Circuits with More Than One Resistor......Page 392
Capacitance and Resistance-Capacitance Circuits......Page 403
Review Questions......Page 410
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 415
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 416
Chapter 13: Magnetic Fields and Forces......Page 419
Magnetism......Page 421
Electromagnetic Induction......Page 430
Review Questions......Page 433
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 437
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 438
Chapter 14: General Wave Properties......Page 441
Basic Properties of Mechanical Waves......Page 443
Sound Waves and the Doppler Effect......Page 447
Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, and Interference of Mechanical Waves......Page 450
Standing Waves......Page 455
Review Questions......Page 458
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 463
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 464
Chapter 15: Reflection and Refraction of Light......Page 467
Electromagnetic Waves......Page 469
Reflection of Light......Page 471
Refraction of Light......Page 472
Total Internal Reflection......Page 478
Review Questions......Page 480
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 484
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 485
Chapter 16: Polarization, Diffraction, and Interference of Light......Page 488
Polarization......Page 490
Diffraction and Interference......Page 492
Review Questions......Page 495
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 497
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 498
Chapter 17: Ray Optics......Page 500
Mirrors......Page 502
Lenses......Page 505
Review Questions......Page 512
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 515
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 516
Chapter 18: Heat, Temperature, and Thermodynamics......Page 518
Heat and Temperature......Page 520
Specific Heat and Heat Capacity......Page 526
Phase Changes......Page 529
The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics......Page 532
Review Questions......Page 539
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 544
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 545
Chapter 19: Gases and Kinetic Theory......Page 548
Ideal Gases......Page 551
The Kinetic Theory of Gases......Page 555
Review Questions......Page 557
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 562
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 563
Chapter 20: Quantum Phenomena......Page 566
Photons and the Photoelectric Effect......Page 568
The Momentum of a Photon and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle......Page 573
Matter Waves and the de Broglie Wavelength of a Particle......Page 575
Review Questions......Page 577
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 581
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 582
Chapter 21: Atomic Physics......Page 585
Rutherford Model of the Atom......Page 587
Bohr Model of the Atom......Page 590
Review Questions......Page 595
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 598
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 599
Chapter 22: Nuclear and Particle Physics......Page 601
Nuclear Structure......Page 603
Nuclear Binding Energy......Page 606
Nuclear Reactions......Page 607
Review Questions......Page 615
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 619
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 620
Chapter 23: Special Relativity......Page 623
The Two Postulates in the Theory of Special Relativity......Page 625
Review Questions......Page 632
Review Questions: Answer Key......Page 635
Review Questions: Answers and Explanations......Page 636
Practice Test 1......Page 638
How to Take the Practice Tests......Page 640
How to Calculate Your Score......Page 641
Answer Grid......Page 648
Practice Test 1......Page 649
Practice Test 1: Answer Key......Page 692
Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations......Page 695
How to Calculate Your Score......Page 710
Answer Grid......Page 717
Practice Test 2......Page 718
Practice Test 2: Answer Key......Page 760
Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations......Page 763
How to Calculate Your Score......Page 777
Answer Grid......Page 784
Practice Test 3......Page 785
Practice Test 3: Answer Key......Page 835
Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations......Page 838
Glossary......Page 854
About the Author......Page 913
Copyright Information......Page 914