Test Day Strategies
The name of the test you are taking tomorrow & Wednesday
Physics MCAS
What to do the night before the test
SLEEP!
Cannot be created or destroyed
Energy (or momentum)
Heat
No temperature change, water particles go from liquid to gas.
Boiling
What you do in the first 10 minutes of your test.
Annotate the equation sheet
How many hours of sleep (at least) before the test?
9 hours!
Energy of Motion
Kinetic Energy
Momentum
p = mv
What happens when the temperature doesn't change but heat energy is still added
Phase Change
Questions you should DEFINITELY NOT skip!
Open Response
What to eat the morning before the test!
Breakfast!!!
Energy of Position
Potential Energy
Newton's 2nd law
F = ma
When water molecules move fastest
Gas
Where is your test?
Room 305
When to arrive to school the day of the test
On time!!! (ideally by 8:35am)
Average Molecular Kinetic Energy
Temperature
Fg = G (m1m2)/d2
Newton's Law of Gravitational Attraction
When molecules move slowest
Solid
What can you use to help you on your test?
Scratch paper, calculator, EQUATION SHEET
Who are your proctors?
Ms. Fernandes, Ms. Mac (Tuesday) Ms. Grecco & Ms. Clark (Wednesday)
Have energy!
Fe = k(q1q2)/d2
Coulomb's Law of Electrostatic Forces
The amount of heat energy it takes to raise 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celcius
Specific Heat