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AP Physics

Subjects : science, ap, physics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. When is the image negative for mirrors?

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2. What is impulse?






3. What do the period of pendulums and springs each depend on?






4. Gauge Pressure

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5. What force is always present - and what is its equation?






6. What is the potential energy of a charge in an electric field?






7. What is the second law of thermodynamics?






8. What is an object placed when the distance between it and the mirror is positive?






9. What is the difference between a motor and a generator?






10. What is the name given to the distance between the pivot point and applied perpendicular force?






11. What does the term potential difference mean?






12. What are 2 key differences between electric force and gravitational force?

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13. What is the difference between the variable 'q' and 'Q?'?

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14. What is the photoelectric effect?






15. What is the energy equation for the change in temperature if it results from a loss in KE?

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16. How does impulse relate to force?






17. What forces charges to move?






18. How can you tell when an engine is a Carnot Engine?

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19. What kind of image do you get when the object is placed at the focus?






20. What is the energy of a photon?

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21. What does the pattern look like in a Young's Single Slit diffraction pattern?






22. What equation describes the speed of a dropped object 't' seconds after it started moving?

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23. S.I. unit of torque






24. If you double the mass of one planet - triple the mass of another - and move them twice as far apart - what happens to the force of attraction between them?






25. What is the energy equation if you see a particle accelerated perpendicular to two charged plates - or the problem states that the particle is accelerated through a potential difference?

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26. How is sum of force (net force) depicted in a free body diagram?






27. What is the relationship between speed - frequency - and wavelength?






28. S.I. unit of every kind of energy






29. Under what conditions is work by a system ( gas) negative?






30. Under what conditions is mechanical work negative?






31. What makes an image 'real?'






32. What is the work done on a charged particle by the magnetic field? Why?






33. Which type of lenses have a POSITIVE focal length?






34. Which kind of lens always has a virtual image?






35. What conservation law dictates that the frequency of light cannot change as it travels between mediums?






36. How is a force's direction oriented compared to a bodies direction of motion to get a circular (curved) path of motion?






37. What is the 1st law of thermodynamics as applied to gases?






38. What kind of capacitor circuit adds to find the total capacitance?






39. What conditions are necessary to change the reflected ray's phase by 180°?

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40. How is the net work of a system (gas) measured?






41. Average kinetic energy of an ideal gas's SINGLE molecule.






42. If you have two charges - and you double one charge and triple the other - and move them twice as far apart - what happens to the force of attraction / repulsion between them?

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43. Which kind of mirror can show a real image?






44. What is the strong force?






45. What is transmutation?






46. How does the closed right hand rule work in electromagnetic induction?

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47. How length effect resistance?






48. What did Thompson discover?






49. What equation describes the distance that a dropped object falls 't' seconds after it started moving?

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50. What is the relationship between voltage - current and resistance?

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