SAT Physics Subject Test
Introduction
Chapter 1 Math Review
BASIC TRIG REVIEW
VECTORS
Chapter 2 Kinematics
DISPLACEMENT
SPEED AND VELOCITY
ACCELERATION
UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION and THE BIG FIVE
KINEMATICS WITH GRAPHS
FREE FALL
PROJECTILE MOTION
Chapter 2 Review Questions
Chapter 3 Newton’s Laws
THE FIRST LAW
THE SECOND LAW
THE THIRD LAW
NEWTON’S LAW OF GRAVITATION
THE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION DUE TO AN EXTENDED BODY
WEIGHT
THE NORMAL FORCE
FRICTION
PULLEYS
INCLINED PLANES
Chapter 3 Review Questions
Chapter 4 Work, Energy, and Power
WORK
WORK DONE BY A VARIABLE FORCE
KINETIC ENERGY
THE WORK–ENERGY THEOREM
POTENTIAL ENERGY
GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
CONSERVATION OF MECHANICAL ENERGY
Chapter 4 Review Questions
Chapter 5 Linear Momentum
ANOTHER LOOK AT NEWTON’S SECOND LAW
IMPULSE
CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM
COLLISIONS
Chapter 5 Review Questions
Chapter 6 Curved and Rotational Motion
UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION
CENTER OF MASS
ROTATION AND TRANSLATION
ROTATIONAL DYNAMICS
TORQUE
EQUILIBRIUM
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
CONSERVATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM
ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS
KEPLER’S LAWS
Chapter 6 Review Questions
Chapter 7 Oscillations
SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION (SHM): THE SPRING–BLOCK OSCILLATOR
THE KINEMATICS OF SHM
THE SPRING–BLOCK OSCILLATOR: VERTICAL MOTION
PENDULUMS
Chapter 7 Review Questions
Chapter 8 Electric Forces and Fields
ELECTRIC CHARGE
COULOMB’S LAW
THE ELECTRIC FIELD
CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS
Chapter 8 Review Questions
Chapter 9 Electric Potential and Capacitance
ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
CAPACITANCE
COMBINATIONS OF CAPACITORS
DIELECTRICS
Chapter 9 Review Questions
Chapter 10 Direct Current Circuits
ELECTRIC CURRENTr
RESISTANCE
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS
CIRCUIT ANALYSIS
RESISTANCE–CAPACITANCE (RC) CIRCUITS
Chapter 10 Review Questions
Chapter 11 Magnetic Forces and Fields
THE MAGNETIC FORCE ON A MOVING CHARGE
THE MAGNETIC FORCE ON A CURRENT-CARRYING WIRE
MAGNETIC FIELDS CREATED BY CURRENT-CARRYING WIRES
Chapter 11 Review Questions
Chapter 12 Electromagnetic Induction
MOTIONAL EMF
FARADAY’S LAW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
Chapter 12 Review Questions
Chapter 13 Waves
TRANSVERSE TRAVELING WAVES
SUPERPOSITION OF WAVES
STANDING WAVES
SOUND WAVES
RESONANCE FOR SOUND WAVES
THE DOPPLER EFFECT
THE DOPPLER EFFECT FOR LIGHT
Chapter 13 Review Questions
Chapter 14 Optics
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
INTERFERENCE AND DIFFRACTION
REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
THIN LENSES
Chapter 14 Review Questions
Chapter 15 Thermal Physics
TEMPERATURE SCALES
PHYSICAL CHANGES DUE TO HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TRANSFER
THERMAL EXPANSION
THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
THE IDEAL GAS LAW
THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
Chapter 15 Review Questions
Chapter 16 Modern Physics
THE RUTHERFORD MODEL OF THE ATOM
PHOTONS AND THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT
THE BOHR MODEL OF THE ATOM
WAVE–PARTICLE DUALITY
NUCLEAR PHYSICS
RADIOACTIVITY
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
SPECIAL RELATIVITY
CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS
Chapter 16 Review Questions
Chapter 17 Solutions to the Chapter Review Questions
Chapter 18 Practice SAT Physics Subject Test 1
Chapter 19 Answers and Explanations to Practice SAT Physics Subject Test 1
Chapter 20 Practice SAT Physics Subject Test 2
Chapter 21 Answers and Explanations to Practice SAT Physics Subject Test 2