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If you need help preparing for the SAT Physics Subject Test, take a look at this fun review course. Our short video lessons highlight all the important topics that you'll find on the exam. You can also ask an instructor for clarification on any test subjects that you're having trouble understanding.

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10 Chapters in SAT Physics: Help and Review

1. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29122].percentComplete }}%)

2. Mechanics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29120].percentComplete }}%)

3. Electricity Concepts: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29121].percentComplete }}%)

4. Magnetism Concepts: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29123].percentComplete }}%)

5. Waves, Sound and Light in Physics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29124].percentComplete }}%)

6. The Atom in Physics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29125].percentComplete }}%)

7. Nuclear and Particle Physics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29126].percentComplete }}%)

8. Relativity: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29127].percentComplete }}%)

9. Motion & Force Mechanics: Help & Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[291949].percentComplete }}%)

10. Solving Motion Problems: Help & Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[291957].percentComplete }}%)

10 chapters in SAT Physics: Help and Review

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Ch 1. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29122].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - What is Energy? - Definition and Significance in Nature			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2537].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2537].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Kinetic Energy to Potential Energy: Relationship in Different Energy Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2545].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2545].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - First Law of Thermodynamics: Law of Conservation of Energy			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2544].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2544].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Second Law of Thermodynamics: Entropy and Systems			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2546].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2546].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - What is Mechanical Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2538].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2538].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - What is Thermal Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2539].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2539].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - What is Radiant Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2540].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2540].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - What is Chemical Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2541].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2541].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - What is Electrical Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2542].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2542].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - What is Nuclear Energy? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2543].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2543].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - How to Calculate Specific Heat Capacity for Different Substances			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2548].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2548].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Changes in Heat and Energy Diagrams			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2549].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2549].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - Energy and Life: The Transformation of Energy in Living Organisms			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2550].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2550].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - Scientist Harry Hess: Biography & Theory			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[28436].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[28436].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Exergonic Reaction: Definition & Example			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4527].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4527].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 2. Mechanics: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29120].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Speed and Velocity: Concepts and Formulas			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2552].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2552].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - What is Acceleration? - Definition and Formula			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2553].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2553].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Implications of Mechanics on Objects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2554].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2554].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Newton's First Law of Motion: Examples of the Effect of Force on Motion			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2555].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2555].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Newton's Second Law of Motion: The Relationship Between Force and Acceleration			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2556].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2556].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Newton's Third Law of Motion: Examples of the Relationship Between Two Forces			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2557].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2557].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Newton's Laws and Weight, Mass & Gravity			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2558].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[2558].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Albert Einstein & Time Travel Theory			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[54347].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[54347].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Wheel & Axle: Definition, Facts & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[28452].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[28452].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Catapult Physics: Principles & Equations			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[176623].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[176623].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 3. Electricity Concepts: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29121].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Electric Charge and Force: Definition, Repulsion & Attraction			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3968].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3968].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Electric Force Fields and the Significance of Arrow Direction & Spacing			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3969].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3969].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Coulomb's Law: Variables Affecting the Force Between Two Charged Particles			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3970].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3970].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Electric Potential: Charge Collections and Volt Unit			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3971].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3971].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Insulators and Conductors: Examples, Definitions & Qualities			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3972].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3972].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Voltage Sources: Energy Conversion and Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3973].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3973].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - What is Electric Current? - Definition, Unit & Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3974].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3974].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Electrical Resistance: Definition, Unit & Variables			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3975].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3975].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Ohm's Law: Definition & Relationship Between Voltage, Current & Resistance			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3976].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3976].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Electric Circuit Fundamentals: Components & Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3977].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3977].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - What is Electric Power?			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3978].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3978].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - What is a Voltmeter? - Definition & Uses			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[54447].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[54447].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 4. Magnetism Concepts: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29123].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Magnetic Force: Definition, Poles & Dipoles			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7960].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7960].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - What is a Magnetic Field?			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7961].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7961].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - How Magnetic Fields Are Created			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7962].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7962].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - How Magnetic Forces Affect Moving Charges			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7963].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7963].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Electromagnetic Induction: Definition & Variables that Affect Induction			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7964].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7964].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Electromagnetic Induction: Conductor to Conductor & Transformers			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7965].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[7965].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 5. Waves, Sound and Light in Physics: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29124].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Vibrations and Waves: Energy and Motion			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4910].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4910].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Wave Parameters: Wavelength, Amplitude, Period, Frequency & Speed			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5506].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5506].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Transverse & Longitudinal Waves: Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4911].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4911].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - What is Sound? - Definition and Factors Affecting the Speed of Sound			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4912].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4912].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Pitch and Volume in Sound Waves			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5494].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5494].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Electromagnetic Waves: Definition, Sources & Properties			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4913].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4913].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The 7 Major Regions of the Electromagnetic Spectrum			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6836].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6836].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - The Nature of Light: Origin, Spectrum & Color Frequency			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4914].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4914].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - Reflection: Angle of Incidence and Curved Surfaces			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4915].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4915].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Diffuse Reflection: Definition, Examples & Surfaces			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6857].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[6857].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Resonance: Definition & Transmission of Waves			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4916].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4916].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Transparent and Opaque Materials in Electromagnetic Waves			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4917].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4917].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - Color: White Light, Reflection & Absorption			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4918].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4918].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - Refraction & Dispersion: Definition, Snell's Law & Index of Refraction			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4919].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4919].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Diffraction: Relation to Sound & Light and Effects of Wavelength			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4920].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4920].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 16 - Constructive and Destructive Interference			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4921].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4921].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 17 - The Doppler Effect: Definition, Examples & Applications			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4922].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4922].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 18 - Wave-Particle Duality: Concept, Explanation & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4923].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[4923].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 6. The Atom in Physics: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29125].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - The Atom			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[277].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[277].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Early Atomic Theory: Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford and Millikan			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1606].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1606].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Atomic Number and Mass Number			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1607].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1607].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Isotopes and Average Atomic Mass			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1608].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1608].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Electron Configurations in Atomic Energy Levels			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1610].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1610].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Four Quantum Numbers: Principal, Angular Momentum, Magnetic & Spin			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1611].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1611].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - The Bohr Model and Atomic Spectra			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1612].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1612].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Matter: Physical and Chemical Properties			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1603].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1603].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - States of Matter: Solids, Liquids, Gases, & Plasma			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5362].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5362].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - States of Matter and Chemical Versus Physical Changes to Matter			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1720].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1720].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 11 - Phase Change: Evaporation, Condensation, Freezing, Melting, Sublimation & Deposition			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5363].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5363].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 12 - Common Chemical Reactions and Energy Change			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5364].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5364].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 13 - Avogadro's Number: Using the Mole to Count Atoms			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1609].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1609].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 14 - Nuclear Reaction: Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3881].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3881].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 15 - Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5365].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[5365].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 7. Nuclear and Particle Physics: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29126].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Types of Radioactive Decay and Their Effect on the Nucleus			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1622].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1622].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Balancing Nuclear Equations & Predicting the Product of a Nuclear Reaction			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1623].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1623].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Half-life: Calculating Radioactive Decay and Interpreting Decay Graphs			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1624].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1624].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Mass-Energy Conversion, Mass Defect and Nuclear Binding Energy			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1625].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1625].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Fusion, Fission, Carbon Dating, Tracers & Imaging: Applications of Nuclear Chemistry			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1626].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[1626].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 8. Relativity: Help and Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29127].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Classical Relativity: Distance and Time Relation to the Observer			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3229].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3229].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Light and Relativity: Breakdown of Classical Relativity with Light Example			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3230].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3230].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Time Dilation: Description, Explanation & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3231].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3231].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Space Contraction: Shortening Distance for Fast Moving Objects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3232].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3232].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Mass and Energy: Description and Interchangeable Relationship			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3233].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3233].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - General and Special Relativity: Theory and Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3234].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[3234].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 9. Motion & Force Mechanics: Help & Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[291949].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - What is Kinematics? - Studying the Motion of Objects			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15052].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15052].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Scalars and Vectors: Definition and Difference			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15053].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15053].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - What is Position in Physics? - Definition & Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45228].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[45228].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Distance and Displacement in Physics: Definition and Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15054].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15054].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Force: Definition and Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14597].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14597].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Forces: Balanced and Unbalanced			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14599].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14599].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Net Force: Definition and Calculations			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14600].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14600].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Friction: Definition and Types			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14606].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14606].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 9 - The Normal Force: Definition and Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14605].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14605].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 10 - Inclined Planes in Physics: Definition, Facts, and Examples			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14608].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[14608].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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Ch 10. Solving Motion Problems: Help & Review {{cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[291957].percentComplete}}% complete

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	Lesson 1 - Uniformly-Accelerated Motion and the Big Five Kinematics Equations			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15057].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15057].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 2 - Ticker Tape Diagrams: Analyzing Motion and Acceleration			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15059].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15059].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 3 - Using Position vs. Time Graphs to Describe Motion			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15061].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15061].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 4 - Determining Slope for Position vs. Time Graphs			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15062].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15062].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 5 - Using Velocity vs. Time Graphs to Describe Motion			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15063].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15063].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 6 - Determining Acceleration Using the Slope of a Velocity vs. Time Graph			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15064].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15064].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 7 - Velocity vs. Time: Determining Displacement of an Object			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15066].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15066].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional
	Lesson 8 - Understanding Graphs of Motion: Giving Qualitative Descriptions			Score: {{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15067].bestScoreCorrect}}/{{cp.lessonAssetIdToProgress[15067].bestScoreQuestions}} Take Quiz Optional

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SAT Physics: Help and Review

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1. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29122].percentComplete }}%)

2. Mechanics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29120].percentComplete }}%)

3. Electricity Concepts: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29121].percentComplete }}%)

4. Magnetism Concepts: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29123].percentComplete }}%)

5. Waves, Sound and Light in Physics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29124].percentComplete }}%)

6. The Atom in Physics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29125].percentComplete }}%)

7. Nuclear and Particle Physics: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29126].percentComplete }}%)

8. Relativity: Help and Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[29127].percentComplete }}%)

9. Motion & Force Mechanics: Help & Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[291949].percentComplete }}%)

10. Solving Motion Problems: Help & Review ({{ cp.topicAssetIdToProgress[291957].percentComplete }}%)

10 chapters in SAT Physics: Help and Review

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