SAT Subject Physics Main Topics

Vectors - addition, subtraction, multiplication by a scalar, multiplication between vectors;

Kinematics - speed, velocity, acceleration; harmonic motion, rotational kinematics;

Dynamics - Newton's law, different types of forces: weight, normal force, kinetic friction; Hooke's law;

Work and Energy - conservation of energy, the work-energy theorem, power;

Momentum - linear momentum, conservation of momentum;

Rotational Motion - Rotational Kinematics, rotational dynamics, angular energy, angular momentum;

Gravity - law of gravitation, orbits, Kepler's laws;

Thermodynamics - heat, temperature, Boyle's law, Charles's law, the laws of thermodynamics;

Electric Fields - electric charges, forces, fields and potentials, Coulomb's law;

DC Circuits - Ohm's law, resistance, energy, power, Kirchhoff’s Rules, capacitors

Magnetism - magnets, magnetic forces, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law, Lenz's law

Waves - interference, beats, reflection, resonance, the Doppler effect

Optics - electromagnetic spectrum, reflection, refracion, dispersion, mirrors, lenses, diffraction, polarization, Snell's law

Modern Physics - postulates of relativity, time dilation, length contraction, the photoelectric effect, Bohr's model of the atom, nuclear physics, De Broglie wavelength, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, life of radioactive material;