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AP Physics

Subjects : science, ap, physics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How is the magnitude of the force on a current carrying wire calculated?

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

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3. Define Snell's law.






4. What is the 1st law of thermodynamics as applied to gases?






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

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6. 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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7. S.I. unit of work






8. What is an isotope?






9. When is the image negative for mirrors?

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10. What comprises alpha radiation?






11. Define diffraction






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






13. What does the pattern look like in a Young's Double Slit diffraction pattern?






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






15. Condition for no rotation






16. Continuity equation






17. S.I. unit of momentum






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






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

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20. What is mass energy equivalence?






21. What does the term electric potential energy mean?






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






23. Which kind of mirror cannot magnify an image?






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






25. What shape is a diverging lenses?






26. What is the y intercept of the velocity time graph?






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

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28. What is the order of the electromagnetic spectrum?






29. What shape is a converging mirrors?






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






31. S.I. unit of Flow rate






32. Flow Rate






33. What is the relationship that describes the rate that work is done - or that energy is used?






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






35. What quantity ADDS for resistors in series?






36. S.I. unit of power






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






38. Energy of a SINGLE photon






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






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






41. What is acceleration?






42. Buoyancy






43. What does the term potential difference mean?






44. What did Rutherford discover?






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






46. Under what conditions is work by a system ( gas) negative?






47. Average kinetic energy of an ideal gas's SINGLE molecule.






48. What is the strong force?






49. 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?






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