May 2008 Physics

<p>What do you think about it, hard or easy.</p>

<p>answer: yes</p>

<p>hard......................................</p>

<p>I found it fairly easy. I'm hoping for an 800, even though I was getting mid 700's in the PR book.</p>

<p>It went great for me! Thankfully my class covered most of the material on the test (which wasn't the case for one of my practice tests), and the PR guide filled me in on the rest. Crossing my fingers for an 800.</p>

<p>I felt like there wasn't enough time to finish. Any predictions on the amount you can miss and still get 800?</p>

<p>I hear you can miss around 10 and still get an 800.</p>

<p>In fact, here is the sparknotes conversion table confirming that:</p>

<p>SparkNotes:</a> SAT Physics: SAT II Physics Score Conversion Table</p>

<p>do you guys want to discuss some questions?</p>

<p>I thought it went really well.</p>

<p>by the way, does anybody remember the question that was like what did scientists think before einstein's special theory of relativity came out? What did the first answer choice say?</p>

<p>it was something about length and time being absolute
what did you put for that one?
i put I and II for the answer..
i also put III. (c is constant in vacuum) for what einstein assumed..</p>

<p>the answer for which did einstein's theory say was II and III right?</p>

<p>Yeah, it was II and III. and the question after would be just I?</p>

<p>Mannn i felt like i got 20 wrong and i omitted 6
any idea if its possible for a high 600?</p>

<p>Einstein's theory included II and III. I guess that means that scientists before Einstein assumed only I was true (though I'm not really sure).</p>

<p>Derek: According to the sparknotes chart, it's possible. A raw score of 44 would be a 680 though I'm not sure how accurate that is compared to collegeboard's conversion.</p>

<p>Yes, the Einstein problem was II and III. That meant that the following problem (56) was I, I believe.</p>

<p>Did anyone understand those crazy flexible tube problems (I think it was around 54-55)??</p>

<p>Electrostatics with the +2q and -q stumped me for the direction of a particle.</p>

<p>The first few graph problems were kind of tricky. The latent heat/specific heat graphs were also a bit tricky.</p>

<p>The two problems about momentum and kinetic energy (the F, m, d, etc.) three-problem set were covered in the PR book. So was the definition of superconductivity.</p>

<p>How do you do the one with the 1eV to mass problem? I couldn't work it out.</p>

<p>I think the eV volt one was convert it first to energy (they gave you the conversion factor) then divide by speed of light squared to find the mass (E = mc^2)</p>

<p>the +2q and -q one was southeast I think, since one is pulling it south and another is pulling it east</p>

<p>could anybody explain to me how the answer for einstein question is I/ II, III?</p>

<p>i put southeast, too</p>

<p>Oh! That makes a lot of sense. Wish I would've realized that a few hours ago! Thanks!</p>

<p>For the 2nd part of the Einstein question, i thought "hey maybe past scientists had SOMETHING right", so im not completely sure that the answer was just I
I skipped those flexi tubes... damnit
Electrostatics, was it the one where it had like 4 dots and find the something of the bottom right corner one?
i totally forgot specific heat, i learned about it in chemistry, but didnt cover this year in physics.
The momentum one with the guy throwing something, the answer was 1/3 right?
For the 1ev one, i figured that a particle has to be hella light, and i knew that you had to multiply the eV by the 1.69 joule thing, there were 2 choices that multiplied eV with joule thing. so i chose the one that was divided by (3x10^8)^2, cuz that would give you a very small answer... know what i mean?</p>

<p>yeah the answer was 1/3 for that one (conservation of momentum)</p>