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AP Physics

Subjects : science, ap, physics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the difference between atomic number and atomic mass number?






2. Define Refraction






3. What are the differences and similarities between transverse and longitudinal waves?

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4. What happens at the critical angle?






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

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






7. What is the order of the electromagnetic spectrum?






8. What does light absorption involve?






9. In a pendulum or spring - what are the displacement - velocity - PES - and K at maximum displacement?






10. What is implied when an object is not accelerating in the y direction?






11. Gauge Pressure

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






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






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






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






16. When is sum of force (net force) zero?






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






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






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






20. S.I. unit of Flow rate






21. How is the force on a charged particle in a magnetic field creating the path calculated?






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






23. What shapes are converging lenses?






24. What is its impact on the first law of thermodynamics of an adiabatic process?






25. Energy of a SINGLE photon






26. How does temperature effect resistance?






27. What did Rutherford discover?






28. What shape is a diverging lenses?






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






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






31. S.I. unit of flux






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






33. This is the gauge pressure when under water.






34. What are three ways to increase the capacitance of a capacitor?






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






36. What does the term potential difference mean?






37. What is an isotope?






38. What are the three rules needed for mirrors - since not all three work every time?






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






40. Under what conditions is mechanical work negative?






41. When is sum of force (net force) NOT zero?

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42. What is an adiabatic process?






43. What is force times the parallel diplacement?






44. The 'V' is (rho)Vg






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






46. What comprises beta radiation?






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






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

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49. Which type of radiation has the lowest energy?






50. Unit of energy for electricity.