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AP Physics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The speed of a ball when it lands at the same height it was thrown from.






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






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






4. S.I. unit of gravitational force






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






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






7. How do you find the number of neutrons in an atom?






8. What is internal energy?






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






10. Under what conditions is mechanical work negative?






11. What is heat?






12. What is the formula relating emf and voltage?






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

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14. Mathematically what does centripetal force represent and how is centripetal force calculated?

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15. A ball rolls inside a salad bowl. The ball is released along the top edge and rolls down before climbing to the same height on the opposite side of the bowl. What is the direction of the acceleration of the ball when it at the bottom of the bowl?






16. S.I. unit of torque






17. Force in terms of pressure






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

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19. Formula for the potential difference of a point charge as compared to infinity.






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

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21. What comprises beta radiation?






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






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






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






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






26. State the significance of Young's Experiment.






27. What forces charges to move?






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






29. Work is the area under which curve?






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






31. Formula for the electric field between a pari of charged plates.






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






33. What is the actual movement of charges - and how is it measured?






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






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






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






37. Which type of lenses have a NEGATIVE focal length?






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






39. How is the magnitude of the force on a current carrying wire calculated?

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40. S.I. unit of frictional force






41. What doesn't change (speed - frequency - or wavelength) - when light moves from one medium to another?






42. What is the strong force?






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






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






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






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

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






48. What is the difference between reflection - refraction - and diffraction?






49. Pressure of an open container at the opening.






50. How length effect resistance?