Talk:PlanetPhysics/GRE Physics Study Guide

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This article is aimed at helping students prepare for the GRE Phyics subject test. It will contain helpful hints and tips along with a jumping off spot for exploring the subjcects that will be on the test. please contribute your own ideas with the forum or through corrections/addendum.

Since 1997, the percentage of allocated test questions does not appear to have changed and is given in the below table.

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\htmladdnormallink{Classical mechanics}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/NewtonianMechanics.html} & 20\% \\ \htmladdnormallink{Electromagnetism}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Electromagnetism.html} & 18\% \\ Optics and \htmladdnormallink{wave phenomena}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/WavePhenomena.html} & 9\% \\ \htmladdnormallink{Thermodynamics}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Thermodynamics.html} and \htmladdnormallink{statistical mechanics}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/ThermodynamicLaws.html} & 10\% \\ \htmladdnormallink{quantum mechanics}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/QuantumParadox.html} & 12\% \\ Atomic Physics & 10\% \\ \htmladdnormallink{special relativity}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/SR.html} & 6\% \\ Laboratory Methods & 6\% \\ Spceialized Topics & 9\% \\

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\subsection{Classical Mechanics}

- \htmladdnormallink{Newton's laws of motion}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Newtons3rdLaw.html} \\ - \htmladdnormallink{friction}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Friction.html} \\ - \htmladdnormallink{collisions}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Collision.html} \\ - Oscillations \\ - Uniform Circular \htmladdnormallink{motion}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/CosmologicalConstant.html} \\

examples:

- \htmladdnormallink{example constant acceleration and speed of sound}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/ExampleConstantAccelerationAndSpeedOfSound.html} \\ - \htmladdnormallink{1D example of the relation between force and potential energy}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/1DExampleOfTheRelationBetweenForceAndPotentialEnergy.html}

\subsection{Electromagnetism}

- Circuits \\ - Induction \\ - \htmladdnormallink{Electric Field}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/ElectricField.html} \\ - Electric Potential \\ -

\subsection{Optics and Wave Phenomena}

\subsection{Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics}

- Specific \htmladdnormallink{heat}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Heat.html} \\ - \htmladdnormallink{conduction}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Conduction.html} \\ - Heat and \htmladdnormallink{work}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/Work.html} \\ - Mean Free Path \\

\subsection{Quantum Mechanics}

\subsection{Atomic Physics}

- The Bohr Model \\ - \htmladdnormallink{atomic spectra}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/QuantizationOfAtomicEnergyLevels.html} \\ - \htmladdnormallink{Zeeman effect}{http://planetphysics.us/encyclopedia/MolecularOrbitals.html} \\

\subsection{Special Relativity}

\subsection{Laboratory Methods}

\subsection{Spceialized Topics}

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