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AP Physics

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1. What is an adiabatic process?






2. What kind of mirror has a positive focus?






3. When is the image negative for a lens?






4. Give an example of a transverse and a longitudinal wave.

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5. How does thickness effect resistance?






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

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






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






9. What is the difference between emf and voltage?






10. What did Rutherford discover?






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






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






13. S.I. unit of magnetism






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






15. What is the horizontal acceleration of projectiles?






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






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






18. What stays the same for capacitors in series?






19. How is the net work of a system (gas) measured?






20. What do batteries and generators produce?






21. What is the formula relating emf and voltage?






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






23. What is impulse?






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






25. What two things must be true for a positive magnification?






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






27. What is the relationship between energy - frequency - and wavelength in any wave?






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






29. What shape is a converging mirrors?






30. How is the centripetal force represented in a free body diagram?






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






32. S.I. Unit of electric force






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. What is the energy equation if you see a particle accelerated perpendicular to two charged plates - or the problem states that the particle is accelerated through a potential difference?

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

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42. Define Refraction






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






44. S.I. unit of flux






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

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46. Force in terms of pressure






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






48. How does a wires composition effect resistance?

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49. What is the Bohr Model of the atom?






50. S.I. unit of centripetal force