GRE Physics study guide

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.


Classical mechanics 20%
Electromagnetism 18%
Optics and wave phenomena 9%
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics 10%
quantum mechanics 12%
Atomic Physics 10%
special relativity 6%
Laboratory Methods 6%
Spceialized Topics 9%


Classical Mechanics

- Newton's laws of motion
- friction
- collisions
- Oscillations
- Uniform Circular Motion

examples:

- example constant acceleration and speed of sound
- 1D example of the relation between force and potential energy

Electromagnetism

- Circuits
- Induction
- Electric Field
- Electric Potential
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Optics and Wave Phenomena

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

- Specific heat
- conduction
- Heat and work
- Mean Free Path

Quantum Mechanics

Atomic Physics

- The Bohr Model
- atomic spectra
- Zeeman effect

Special Relativity

Laboratory Methods

Spceialized Topics



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