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SAT Subject Test - Physics

The document outlines the main topics covered in a physics exam and the percentage of questions expected from each topic. It identifies the following key topics: Mechanics (36-42%), Electricity and Magnetism (18-24%), Waves and Optics (15-19%), Heat and Thermodynamics (6-11%), Modern Physics (6-11%), and Miscellaneous (4-9%). Specific subtopics are listed for each key area, such as kinematics, dynamics, and energy for Mechanics; electric fields, capacitance, and circuits for Electricity and Magnetism.

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SAT Subject Test - Physics

The document outlines the main topics covered in a physics exam and the percentage of questions expected from each topic. It identifies the following key topics: Mechanics (36-42%), Electricity and Magnetism (18-24%), Waves and Optics (15-19%), Heat and Thermodynamics (6-11%), Modern Physics (6-11%), and Miscellaneous (4-9%). Specific subtopics are listed for each key area, such as kinematics, dynamics, and energy for Mechanics; electric fields, capacitance, and circuits for Electricity and Magnetism.

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Mechanics: 36% - 42%

• Kinematics, such as velocity, acceleration, motion in one


dimension, and motion of projectiles
• Dynamics, such as force, Newton's laws, statics, and friction
• Energy and momentum, such as potential and kinetic energy,
work, power, impulse, and conservation laws
• Circular motion, such as uniform circular motion and
centripetal force
• Simple harmonic motion, such as mass on a spring and the
pendulum
• Gravity, such as the law of gravitation, orbits, and Kepler's
laws

Electricity and Magnetism: 18% - 24%

• Electric fields, forces, and potentials, such as Coulomb's law,


induced charge, field and potential of groups of point charges,
and charged particles in electric fields
• Capacitance, such as parallel-plate capacitors and time-
varying behaviour in charging / discharging
• Circuit elements and DC circuits, such as resistors, light bulbs,
series and parallel networks, Ohm's Law, and Joule's Law
• Magnetism, such as permanent magnets, fields caused by
currents, particles in magnetic fields, Faraday's Law, and
Lenz's Law

Waves and Optics: 15% - 19%

• General wave properties, such as wave speed, frequency,


wavelength, superposition, standing wave diffraction, and
Doppler effect
• Reflection and refraction, such as Snell's Law and changes in
wavelength and speed
• Ray optics, such as image formation using pinholes, mirrors,
and lenses
• Physical optics, such as single-slit diffraction, double-slit
interference, polarisation, and colour
Heat and Thermodynamics: 6% - 11%

• Thermal properties, such as temperature, heat transfer,


specific and latent heats, and thermal expansion
• Laws of thermodynamics, such as first and second laws,
internal energy, entropy, and heat engine efficiency

Modern Physics: 6% - 11%

• Quantum phenomena, such as photons and photoelectric


effect
• Atomic, such as the Rutherford and Bohr models, atomic
energy levels, and atomic spectra
• Nuclear and particle physics, such as radioactivity, nuclear
reactions, and fundamental particles
• Relativity, such as time dilation, length contraction, and mass-
energy equivalence

Miscellaneous: 4% - 9%

• General, such as history of physics and general questions that


overlap several major topics
• Analytical skills, such as graphical analysis, measurement, and
math skills
• Contemporary physics, such as astrophysics,
superconductivity, and chaos theory

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