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AP Physics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When is sum of force (net force) zero?






2. How much work is the work done on an object moving in a circle? Why?






3. What stays the same for resistors or capacitors in parallel?






4. What causes radioactivity?






5. What shape is a diverging mirror?






6. What is the electric field's magnitude inside of a container made from an electrical INSULATOR?






7. Define Refraction






8. What comprises beta radiation?






9. State the significance of Young's Experiment.






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

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11. What are the three types of radiation?






12. 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?






13. How must the mediums light is traveling through be arranged so that the condition for the critical angle can exist?






14. What is the area under the acceleration versus time graph?






15. What is an indication of a change in the internal energy?

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






17. What cause an electromagnetic wave - and what makes the wave propagate indefinitely even in a vacuum?






18. When light travels from LESS dense to a MORE dense mediums - how does the refracted ray bend in relation to the normal line?






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






20. Formula for the electric field at point in space for a single point charge.






21. What is an isothermal process - and what is its impact on the first law of thermodynamics?






22. How is tube length and wavelength related for a tube that is closed on ONE end?






23. What direction controls time in falling body and projectile motion problems?






24. What are the two rules for ray tracing in lenses that work all the time?






25. What shape is a converging mirrors?






26. What is work energy theorem and what is its significance?






27. What is the order of the electromagnetic spectrum?






28. What did Thompson discover?






29. Under what conditions is mechanical work positive?






30. Define reflection






31. Under what conditions does entropy increase?






32. In a pendulum or spring - what are the displacement - velocity - PE and KE at the equilibrium position?






33. What does the pattern look like in a Young's Double Slit diffraction pattern?






34. When are f - p - q - ho - hi - and M positive for mirrors?






35. What is internal energy?






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






37. Formula for work as a charged particle travels across two charged plates






38. Under what conditions is work by a system ( gas) positive?






39. What is the direction of the centripetal acceleration?






40. How is the centripetal force represented in a free body diagram?






41. Buoyancy






42. S.I. Unit of electric force






43. What do you know about two objects that are launched at different horizontal velocities?






44. What quantity stays the same for resistors in series?






45. What is electromagnetic induction?






46. How is the direction of the force on a current carrying wire calculated?






47. S.I. unit of pressure






48. What is meant by the terms system and environment?






49. What is temperature?






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