From JJ Thomson's original publication.

From JJ Thomson's original publication.

Get to know the experiments which were instrumental in the history of science, because variations often show up in MCAT passages. Adaptations of the technology underlying the experiments of early modern physics within medical & life science research technology are ideal subject matter for MCAT passages because they not only lead to questions dealing with atomic theory, they are also good sources for questions on more basic physics in the medical technology context.

As an example, think about the free body diagram describing the forces on an electron in J.J. Thompson's cathode ray experiment. Both magnetic force and electrostatic force are involved, and the overall physics are somewhat similar to mass spectrometry. The experiment produced conclusions for early Atomic Thoery. From an MCAT writer's perspective, this is a fruitful variety, ideal for an MCAT passage.












The WikiPremed MCAT Course is a comprehensive course in the undergraduate level general sciences. Undergraduate level physics, chemistry, organic chemistry and biology are presented by this course as a unified whole within a spiraling curriculum. Please read our policies on Privacy and Shipping & Returns.  Contact Us. MCAT is a registered trademark of the Association of American Medical Colleges, which does not endorse the WikiPremed Course. WikiPremed offers the customers of our publications or our teaching services no guarantees regarding eventual performance on the MCAT.


Creative Commons License
WikiPremed is a trademark of Wisebridge Learning Systems LLC. The work of WikiPremed is published under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike License. There are elements of work here, such as a subset of the images in the archive from WikiPedia, that originated as GNU General Public License works, so take care to follow the unique stipulations of that license in printed reproductions.