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1. This is the gauge pressure when under water.






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






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






4. How does temperature effect resistance?






5. What is ionization energy and how does it compare to the work function?






6. What is needed for electromagnetic induction to occur?






7. What is the impact on the first law of thermodynamics for an isothermal process?






8. Which type of radiation has the highest energy?






9. What is the path of a charged particle in a magnetic field?






10. Formula for work by a car that changes speed on a horizontal road.






11. What are the three types of radiation?






12. What kind of mirror has a positive focus?






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






14. How can total momentum be calculated?






15. S.I. unit of momentum






16. What does upward slope on a displacement versus time graph imply about the velocity.






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






18. When is the image negative for mirrors?

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19. Which kind of mirror always has a virtual image?






20. What quantity ADDS for resistors in series?






21. What do you do with any vector that is not on either the x or y axis?






22. What is the area under any PV curve?

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23. What is the derived equation for the ACCELERATION of gravity in terms of m and 'r' squared?






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






25. Formula for the electric force felt by a charged particle in an electric field.






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






27. What equation describes the distance that a horizontally launched projectile falls t seconds after it started moving?






28. State the significance of Young's Experiment.






29. S.I. unit of magnetism






30. Define mass in terms of density.






31. What shape is a diverging mirror?






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






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






34. S.I. unit of flux






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

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36. What is the area under the velocity time graph?






37. Define reflection






38. What two entities comprise a vector?






39. What stays the same for capacitors in series?






40. Electric force felt by a charge due to another charge.






41. What is electromagnetic induction?






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

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43. What is conservation of energy and what is its significance?






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

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45. What is the energy equation if a force (friction) through a distance results in heat and thus a change in temperature?






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






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






48. What is the law of reflection?






49. What comprises beta radiation?






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






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