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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 impact on the first law of thermodynamics for an isothermal process?






2. This is the gauge pressure when under water.






3. What are the two forms of the ideal gas law?






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






5. What is the area under any PV curve?

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






7. Under what conditions is mechanical work negative?






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






9. What are the three types of radiation?






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






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






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






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






14. Define reflection






15. What shapes are converging lenses?






16. What is the formula relating emf and voltage?






17. Under what conditions does entropy increase?






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






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






20. What is Kinetic Energy lost and how is it calculated?






21. S.I. unit of momentum






22. What is the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions? State the relevant equations for each.

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23. What did Rutherford discover?






24. S.I. unit of gravitational force






25. What is the difference between atomic number and atomic mass number?






26. What makes an image 'real?'






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






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






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






30. What is an isotope?






31. What is the difference between emf and voltage?






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






33. What is the relationship between power - voltage and current?






34. How is tube length and wavelength related for a tube that is opened on both ends?






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

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36. Buoyancy






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






38. When is a normal force present - what is its direction?






39. How does impulse relate to force?






40. Describe the relationship between Qh - Qc - and W in a heat engine?






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






42. What is electromagnetic induction?






43. What conditions are necessary to change the reflected ray's phase by 180°?

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44. How does thickness effect resistance?






45. S.I. unit of centripetal force






46. Gauge Pressure

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

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48. The 'V' is (rho)Vg






49. Under what conditions is mechanical work positive?






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

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