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AP Physics

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is ionization energy and how does it compare to the work function?






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

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






4. What kind of capacitor circuit adds to find the total capacitance?






5. What cause an electromagnetic wave - and what makes the wave propagate indefinitely even in a vacuum?






6. What comprises beta radiation?






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






8. How are velocity and speed different?






9. The 'V' is (rho)Vg






10. What makes an image 'real?'






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






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






13. State the significance of Young's Experiment.






14. What are the two rules for ray tracing in lenses that work all the time?






15. When is the image negative for mirrors?

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16. What is the horizontal acceleration of projectiles?






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






18. Unit that means the same thing as Nm






19. S.I. unit of flux






20. In electrostatics - what takes the place of m and g in the formulae?

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21. S.I. unit of every kind of energy






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

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23. What stays the same for capacitors in series?






24. S.I. unit of power






25. What is the formula relating emf and voltage?






26. What is mass energy equivalence?






27. What equation describes the speed in the x-direction of a projectile 't' seconds after it started moving?






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






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






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






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






33. What quantity ADDS for resistors in series?






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






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






36. What is electromagnetic induction?






37. How does thickness effect resistance?






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

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39. What is the Bohr Model of the atom?






40. What does the term electric potential energy mean?






41. What is needed for electromagnetic induction to occur?






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






43. S.I. unit of magnetism






44. What is the potential energy of a charge in an electric field?






45. Unit of energy for electricity.






46. What is heat?






47. Flow Rate






48. The speed of a ball when it lands at the same height it was thrown from.






49. What do batteries and generators produce?






50. Which type of radiation has the highest energy?