Barron’s SAT Subject Test: Physics

Title Page
 About the Authors
 Copyright
 Contents
 Introduction
 Using This Resource Efficiently
 The Physics Exam
 General Examination Strategies
 Diagnostic Test
 Diagnostic Test
 Diagnostic Chart
 Scoring Your Test
 1 Conventions and Graphing
 Fundamental and Derived Units
 Graphing Variables
 Slope and Area
 Interpreting Graphs
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 2 Vectors
 Coordinate System
 Scalars
 Vectors
 Vector Mathematics
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 3 Kinematics in One Dimension
 Kinematic Quantities
 Identifying Variables
 Kinematic Equations
 Kinematic Graphs
 Summary. Practice Exercises4 Kinematics in Two Dimensions
 Independence of Motion
 True Velocity and Displacement
 Relative Velocity
 Projectile Motion
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 5 Dynamics
 Inertia
 Force
 Common Forces
 Force Diagrams
 Newton's Laws of Motion
 Solving Force Problems
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 6 Circular Motion
 Uniform Circular Motion
 Dynamics in Circular Motion
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 7 Energy, Work, and Power
 Mechanical Energy
 Work
 Power
 Conservation of Energy
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 8 Momentum and Impulse
 Momentum
 Impulse
 Conservation of Momentum. Energy in CollisionsSummary
 Practice Exercises
 9 Gravity
 Universal Gravity
 Gravitational Field
 Circular Orbits
 Kepler's Laws
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 10 Electric Field
 Charge
 Electric Fields
 Uniform Electric Fields
 Electric Fields of Point Charges
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 11 Electric Potential
 Potential of Uniform Fields
 Potential of Point Charges
 Electric Potential Energy
 Motion of Charges and Potential
 Capacitors
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 12 Circuit Elements and DC Circuits
 Principal Components of a DC Circuit
 DC Circuits
 Heat and Power Dissipation
 Summary. Practice Exercises13 Magnetism
 Permanent or Fixed Magnets
 Current-Carrying Wires
 Force on Moving Charges
 Force on Current-Carrying Wires
 Electromagnetic Induction
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 14 Simple Harmonic Motion
 Terms Related to SHM
 Oscillations of Springs
 Oscillations of Pendulums
 Graphical Representations of SHM
 Trends in Oscillations
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 15 Waves
 Traveling Waves
 Mechanical Waves
 Electromagnetic Waves
 Doppler Effect
 Superposition and Standing Waves
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 16 Geometric Optics
 Ray Model of Light
 Reflection
 Refraction. Pinhole CameraThin Lenses
 Spherical Mirrors
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 17 Physical Optics
 Diffraction
 Interference of Light
 Polarization of Light
 Color
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 18 Thermal Properties
 Thermal Systems
 Thermal Energy
 Temperature
 Thermal Expansion
 Ideal Gases
 Heat and Heat Transfer
 Heating and Cooling
 Summary
 Practice Exercises
 19 Thermodynamics
 Internal Energy
 Energy Transfer in Thermodynamics
 Energy Model Summarized
 First Law of Thermodynamics
 Heat Engines
 Entropy
 Second Law of Thermodynamics
 Summary
 Practice Exercises.