Part 1: Astronomy
The astronomy portion is broken up into partly astronomy related and part astrophysics.
Things to study:
- Stellar Evolution (in particular of high mass stars)
- Learn each stage of a star’s life
- Chemical composition of each stage
- HR Diagrams
- Kepler’s Laws
- Know all 3
- Know how to apply the formula
- Parallax and Distance Modulus
- Luminosity
- Deep Space Objects (DSOS) : Sirius A and B and J075141/J17140
- Location on the HR Diagram
- Know both of thier absolute and apparant magnitudes
- Know what their light curves look like
- Know specific information that pertain to each DSO. (For ex: Betelgeuse is a brown dwarf that is know for having the hottest core).
Part 2: Circuit Lab
- DC circuits concepts, definitions and principles (e.g., voltage and current sources, EMF, resistance, applications of series and parallel circuits, history)
- DC circuit analysis theory (e.g., Ohm’s Law, parallel and series resistors, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Norton and Thevenin equivalents)
- DC circuit analysis practice (e.g., the use of voltmeters, ammeters, ohmmeters and multimeters, resistor color codes and their uses in series and parallel circuits, Wheatstone bridges)
- Intermediate DC circuits concepts, definitions and principles (e.g., electrical SI base and derived units, capacitance, RC circuits, digital logic)
Part 3: General Physics
- There will be a Physics 1 (algebra-based) section and a Physics C section (involving calculus)
- Topics covered may include kinematics; dynamics; circular motion and gravitation; energy; momentum; simple harmonic motion; torque and rotational motion; electric charge and electric force; DC circuits; and mechanical waves and/or sound
Part 4: Fermi Questions
- Science related questions that involve fast, rough estimates of a quantity, which is either difficult or impossible to measure directly.
- PRACTICE is essential to performing well in this event. Resources include fermiquestions.com (database of fermi questions).
Part 5: Experimental Design
- Given hypothetical materials, you are to design an experiment centered around a theme and explain how you would carry out the experiment. You must also explain how you are to use the data to produce a meaningful result or value.