If it’s on the SAT Physics Subject Test, it’s in this book. Cracking the SAT Physics Subject Test, 2011-2012 Edition brings you:
-Practical information on the what, when, where, and how of the SAT Physics Subject Test
-Tons of sample problems and drills
-Thorough review of work, energy and power, linear momentum, rotational motion, electric potential and capacitance, electromagnetic induction, and much more
-Planning and organization tips to get you all the way to test day!
Introduction
1 Math Review
Basic Trig Review
Vectors
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
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
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
Power
Chapter 4 Review Questions
5 Linear Momentum
Another Look at Newton's Second Law
impulse
Conservation of Linear Momentum
Collisions
Chapter 5 Review Questions
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
7 Electric Forces and Fields
Electric Charge
Coulomb's Law
The Electric Field
Conductors and Insulators
Chapter 7 Review Questions
8 Electric Potential and Capacitance
Electrical Potential Energy
Electric Potential
Capacitance
Combinations of Capacitors
Dielectrics
Chapter 8 Review Questions
Direct Current Circuits
Electric Current
Resistance
Electric Circuits
Circuit Analysis
Resistance-Capacitance (RC) Circuits
Chapter 9 Review Questions
10 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 10 Review Questions
11 Electromagnetic Induction
Motional EMF
Faradav's Law of Electromagnetic Induction
Chapter 11 Review Questions
12 Oscillations
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): The Spring-Block Oscillator
The Kinematics of SHM
The Spring-Block Oscillator: Vertical Motion
Pendulums
Chapter 12 Review Questions
13 Waves
Transverse Traveling Waves
Wave Speed on a Stretched String
Superposition of Waves
Standing Waves
Sound Waves
Resonance for Sound Waves
The Doppler Effect
The Doppler Effect for Light
Chapter 13 Review Questions
14 Optics
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Interference and Diffraction
Reflection and Refraction
Mirrors
Ray Tracing for Mirrors
Thin Lenses
Ray Tracing for Lenses
Chapter 14 Review Questions
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
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
Disintegration Energy
Special Relativity
Contemporary Physics
Chapter 16 Review Questions
17 Solutions to the Chapter Review Questions
18 The Princeton Review Practice
SAT Physics Subject Test 1
19 Answers and Explanations to
Practice SAT Physics Subject Test 1
20 The Princeton Review Practice
SAT Physics Subject Test 2
21 Answers and Explanations to
Practice SAT Physics Subject Test 2
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