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AP Physics

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What direction controls time in falling body and projectile motion problems?






2. What is the component of 'mg' parallel to a slope?






3. What is force times the perpendicular distance?






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






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






6. What is temperature?






7. What is the horizontal acceleration of projectiles?






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






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






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






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






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






13. What is force times the parallel diplacement?






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

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15. What causes resistance?






16. What is transmutation?






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






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






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

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20. What does the term potential difference mean?






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






22. Under what conditions is heat negative?

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23. S.I. unit of flux






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






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

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26. 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?






27. What is the formula relating emf and voltage?






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






29. What is heat?






30. S.I. unit of magnetism






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

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






33. What is Huygen's Principle?






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






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






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






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






38. What comprises gamma decay?






39. 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 top edge of the bowl?






40. Unit of electric field






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






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






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

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44. When is the image negative for mirrors?

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45. This is used to determine the speed of a fluid when the pipe slopes up or down.

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46. What is impulse?






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






48. What two entities comprise a vector?






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

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50. What is the strong force?