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AP Physics

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is transmutation?






2. What forces charges to move?






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






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

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5. What does light emission involve?






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






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






8. Define reflection






9. What is the direction of the centripetal force?






10. Unit of electric field






11. What is the horizontal acceleration of projectiles?






12. S.I. unit of work






13. S.I. unit of power






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






15. Under what conditions is mechanical work positive?






16. What is the Bohr Model of the atom?






17. What is work energy theorem and what is its significance?






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






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

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

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21. How can you tell when an engine is a Carnot Engine?

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






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






24. Define diffraction






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






26. What is electromagnetic induction?






27. Under what conditions is mechanical work negative?






28. In uniform circular motion - how is tangential velocity calculated?






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






30. Force in terms of pressure






31. What is force times time?






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






33. What is the energy equation if you see a height difference between two points in the problem?






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






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

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






37. What stays the same for capacitors in series?






38. Flow Rate






39. What shape is a converging mirrors?






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






41. What is the photoelectric effect?






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






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






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






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






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






47. What is the derived equation for the electric field in terms of q and r^2 ?

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48. What is temperature?






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






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