AP Physics B Fall Semester Exam Review

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AP Physics B Fall Semester Exam Review
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60 Multiple-Choice Questions.

• 2 points each
• 4 choices each
• no none of these answers
• No calculators
• Formulas and constants will be provided

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How do you determine average speed?

• Average speedtotal distance/total time

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How do you find vector components using trig
functions?

• Adjhyp(cos theta)
• Opphyp(sin theta)

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Whats the difference between scalars and
vectors? List some.

• Vectors have direction. (displacement, velocity,
  acceleration, force, momentum, impulse)
• Scalars do not have direction. (distance, speed,
  energy, time)

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What is acceleration and what does it tell you?
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How do you determine the distance a mass
freefalls, given the time spent falling?
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What happens to the horizontal and vertical
components of velocity during a projectiles
flight? Why?
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How do you determine average power?
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How does launch angle affect a projectiles
flight time and range?
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How is a car able to turn a corner? What
formulas apply?
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What is Newtons 2nd Law? How does it apply to
straight line motion?
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What is equilibrium? What does it mean for an
object to be in equilibrium?
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What factor(s) determine inertia?
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What factors determine kinetic energy?
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How do you calculate weight?
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How do you determine gravitational potential
energy?
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What is total mechanical energy and how is it
affected by a change in position?
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How do you determine the spring constant of a
spring?
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What is Newtons Law of Gravitation and what
factors affect force?
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How do you determine the work required to lift an
object?
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Whats the mass of an apple in kilograms?
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How do you determine acceleration from a velocity
versus time graph?
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How do determine the total distance traveled from
a velocity versus time graph?
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How do you determine acceleration due to gravity
given mass and weight?
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How do you use the impulse-change in momentum
theorem to solve for an unknown variable?
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How do you determine the work done given a force
versus distance graph?
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What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? How
do you use it to solve for velocity or height?
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What are SI units for each of the variables
studied this semester?
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How do you resolve the weight of a mass on an
incline into components parallel and
perpendicular to the incline?
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How do you determine elastic potential energy?
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How do you determine centripetal acceleration
from angular velocity?
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How do you determine angular speed? How do you
convert revolutions to radians?
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How do you determine torque?
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How do you determine density of an object?
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What is absolute pressure?
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What is Pascals Principle? How can it be used
to determine an unknown variable?
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What is Archimedes Principle? What causes
buoyancy?
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What is Bernoullis Principle?
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What is the kinetic theory of gases? Know the
mathematical relationships behind it.
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Whats the difference between specific and latent
heat? What happens when each is added to a
system?
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What are the main methods of heat transfer? Be
able to give an example of each.
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What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics? Be able
to determine quantities from a pressure versus
volume graph.
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Know what happens in the following
processesadiabaticisothermalisobaricisochoric
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Be able to calculate Carnot efficiency.