MCAT Physics Review — Soleil Med School Prep™

Master Physics for the MCAT

The MCAT Physics Review is the high-yield physics resource for pre-medical students preparing for the Medical College Admission Test. Covering every physics topic tested on the MCAT Chemical and Physical Foundations section, this guide builds the conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills needed to score in the top percentile.

Topics Covered

• Kinematics: displacement, velocity, acceleration, projectile motion, free fall
• Forces & Newton's Laws: free body diagrams, friction, tension, normal force, circular motion
• Work, Energy & Power: kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy, work-energy theorem, power
• Momentum & Collisions: linear momentum, impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, center of mass
• Fluids: density, pressure, Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's equation, viscosity, flow rate
• Thermodynamics: temperature, heat transfer, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, heat engines
• Electrostatics: Coulomb's law, electric field, electric potential, capacitors, dielectrics
• Circuits: Ohm's law, resistance, series and parallel circuits, Kirchhoff's laws, RC circuits
• Magnetism: magnetic fields, forces on moving charges, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law
• Waves & Sound: wave properties, superposition, standing waves, Doppler effect, sound intensity
• Light & Optics: reflection, refraction, Snell's law, lenses, mirrors, diffraction, polarization
• Atomic & Nuclear Physics: photoelectric effect, Bohr model, radioactive decay, half-life, nuclear reactions

Soleil Scientific Rating™

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — Physics on the MCAT is about applying principles to biological systems. Master the concepts here and the passages become straightforward.

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