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® SAT Subject Test: Physics TENTH EDITION Hugh Henderson SAT® is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product. Table of Contents SAT® Subject Test: Physics Cover Title Page Part One: The Basics Chapter 1: About the SAT Subject Tests Common Questions About the SAT Subject Tests SAT Subject Test Mastery Chapter 2: Getting Ready for the SAT Subject Test: Physics Content Scoring Information Question Types Kaplan Strategies Stress Management Tips for Just Before the Test Part Two: Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Test How to Take the Diagnostic Test How to Calculate Your Score Answer Grid How to Use the Results of Your Diagnostic Test in Your Review Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Test: Answer Key Diagnostic Test: Answers and Explanations Part Three: Physics Review Chapter 3: Measurement, Scalars, and Vectors Exponents Graphing Trigonometry Scalars and Vectors Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 4: Kinematics Distance and Displacement Speed and Velocity Acceleration The Kinematic Equations for Uniformly Accelerated Motion Graphs of Motion Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 5: Dynamics Newton’s First Law of Motion Newton’s Second Law of Motion Newton’s Third Law of Motion Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 6: Momentum and Impulse Momentum Impulse Conservation of Momentum in One Dimension Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 7: Work and Energy Work Energy Conservation of Energy Power Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 8: Circular Motion and Rotation Uniform Circular Motion Torque Angular Momentum Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 9: Vibrations The Dynamics of Harmonic Motion Energy Considerations in Harmonic Motion Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 10: Gravity Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation Orbiting Satellites Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 11: Electric Fields, Forces, and Potentials Charge Coulomb’s Law Separation and Transfer of Charge in an Electroscope Electric Field Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 12: Circuits Current, Voltage, and Resistance Power and Joule’s Law of Heating Circuits with More Than One Resistor Capacitance and Resistance-Capacitance Circuits Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 13: Magnetic Fields and Forces Magnetism Electromagnetic Induction Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 14: General Wave Properties Basic Properties of Mechanical Waves Sound Waves and the Doppler Effect Reflection, Refraction, Diffraction, and Interference of Mechanical Waves Standing Waves Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 15: Reflection and Refraction of Light Electromagnetic Waves Reflection of Light Refraction of Light Total Internal Reflection Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 16: Polarization, Diffraction, and Interference of Light Polarization Diffraction and Interference Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 17: Ray Optics Mirrors Lenses Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 18: Heat, Temperature, and Thermodynamics Heat and Temperature Specific Heat and Heat Capacity Phase Changes The First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 19: Gases and Kinetic Theory Ideal Gases The Kinetic Theory of Gases Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 20: Quantum Phenomena Photons and the Photoelectric Effect The Momentum of a Photon and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Matter Waves and the de Broglie Wavelength of a Particle Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 21: Atomic Physics Rutherford Model of the Atom Bohr Model of the Atom Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 22: Nuclear and Particle Physics Nuclear Structure Nuclear Binding Energy Nuclear Reactions Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Chapter 23: Special Relativity The Two Postulates in the Theory of Special Relativity Review Questions Review Questions: Answer Key Review Questions: Answers and Explanations Part Four: Practice Tests Practice Test 1 How to Take the Practice Tests How to Calculate Your Score Answer Grid Practice Test 1 Practice Test 1: Answer Key Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations Practice Test 2 How to Calculate Your Score Answer Grid Practice Test 2 Practice Test 2: Answer Key Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations Practice Test 3 How to Calculate Your Score Answer Grid Practice Test 3 Practice Test 3: Answer Key Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations About This Book Glossary About the Author Copyright Information Part One THE BASICS