AP Physics 2 Skills Practice
Skills available for AP Physics 2 Skills Practice
Fluids
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Fluid Systems & Density
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How to Identify Fluid Systems
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How to Identify Appropriate Regions of Fluids as Separate Systems
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How to Calculate Density of a Liquid Substance
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How to Calculate Density of a Gaseous Substance
Pressure and Forces in Fluids
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How to Calculate Pressure on a Solid 2D Surface due to a Force
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How to Calculate Pressure on a Solid Object in the Atmosphere
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How to Calculate Pressure on a Solid Object Submerged in Water
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How to Compare Pressure Exerted by the Same Force on Different Areas
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How to Identify Newton's Third Law Force Pairs in Fluids
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How to Use Newton's Third Law to Find an Unknown Force Exerted on or by a Fluid
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How to Find the Gauge Pressure in a Constant Density Fluid at a Certain Depth
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How to Find the Absolute Pressure in a Constant Density Fluid at a Certain Depth
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How to Calculate the Density of a Fluid from a Linear Pressure Versus Depth Plot
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How to Estimate a Trend of Variable Fluid Density from a Non-Linear Pressure vs. Depth Plot
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How to Find the Force Exerted by a Hydraulic Press
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How to Find the Area Needed to Design a Hydraulic Press to Generate a Specific Force
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How to Find the Force of a Fluid on a Container Wall Using Average Pressure
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How to Draw a Free Body Diagram for an Infinitesimal Layer of Fluid at Equilibrium
Buoyancy
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How to Use Archimedes' Principle to Find the Buoyant Force on a Partially Submerged Object
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How to Find the Magnitude of the Buoyant Force on an Object Using the Pressure Difference
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How to Draw a Free Body Diagram for a Fully Submerged Object Based on its Density
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How to Determine the Direction of Acceleration of a Fully Submerged Object based on its Density.
Conservation of Energy in Fluid Flow
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Finding the Work Exerted on a Segment of Flowing Fluid in a Tube by the Adjacent Segment
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How to Use Bernoulli's Equation to Find a Resting Fluids Pressure at a Given Depth
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How to Use Bernoulli's Equation to Calculate a Velocity for Fluid Exposed to Atmosphere
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How to Use Bernoulli's Equation to Calculate a Velocity for Fluid inside a Pipe
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How to Use Bernoulli's Equation to Calculate a Velocity for Fluid inside a Pipe
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How to Use Bernoulli's Equation to Find the Height a Fluid can Reach
Conservation of Mass Flow Rate in Fluids
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How to Calculate a Velocity Using the Equation of Continuity
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How to Calculate an Area Using the Equation of Continuity
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How to Find the Change in Fluid Velocity Due to a Change in Pipe Diameter
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How to Find a Fluid Flow Rate Using a Venturi Tube Experiment
Thermodynamics
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Pressure, Thermal Equilibrium, and the Ideal Gas Law
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How to Identify a Thermodynamic System
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How to Identify Whether Two Systems are in Thermal Equilibrium with One Another
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How to Find the Force Exerted by Gas Molecules on Container Walls
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How to Calculate the Average Kinetic Energy of Molecules in Gas at a Certain Temperature
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How to Calculate the Root Mean Square Speed of Molecules in Gas at a Certain Temperature
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How to Calculate the Number of Moles of Gas Using the Ideal Gas Law
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How to Calculate a Final Pressure Using the Ideal Gas Law Equivalency
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How to Calculate a Final Temperature Using the Ideal Gas Law Equivalency
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How to Use the Ideal Gas Law to Calculate a Change in Volume
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How to Identify Newton's Third Law Force Pairs in a Thermodynamic System
Free-Body Diagrams in Thermodynamics
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Draw a Free Body Diagram for the Wall of a Sealed Container of Gas
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How to Draw a Free Body Diagram for a Piston
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How to Use Newtons Second Law to Find the Pressure of a Gas Pushing up on a Piston
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How to Find the Direction of Acceleration of a Piston
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How to Identify the Contact Forces Acting on a Piston
Internal Energy and Energy Transfer
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How to Identify Whether Conduction, Convection, or Radiation is Occurring in a System
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How to Determine the Direction of Heat Flow Between Two Systems
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How to Calculate the Internal Energy of a Thermodynamic System
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How to Calculate the Work Done on a Gas Algebraically
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How to Find the Change in Volume Caused by Work Done on a Gas
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How to Calculate the Pressure of a Gas Based on the Observed Volume Change from Known Work Done
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How to Calculate the Work Done on a Gas Graphically
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How to Draw an Isovolumetric Process on a Pressure-Volume Diagram
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How to Draw an Isobaric Process on a Pressure-Volume Diagram
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How to Distinguish Between an Isothermal & Adiabatic Process on a Pressure-Volume Diagram
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Using the First Law of Thermodynamics to Calculate Change in Internal Energy
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How to Use the 1st Law of Thermodynamics to Find Heat Transferred in an Isobaric Process
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How to Use the 1st Law of Thermodynamics to Find Work done in an Adiabatic Process
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How to Use the 1st Law of Thermodynamics to Find Heat Transferred in an Isovolumetric Process
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Using the First Law of Thermodynamics to Calculate Change in Volume
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How to Calculate Heat Transfer in an Isobaric Process
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How to Calculate Change in Pressure in an Adiabatic Process
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How to Calculate Work Done by an Isothermal Process
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How to Calculate the Work Done by a Heat Engine
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How to Calculate the Efficiency of a Heat Engine
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How to Calculate the Power Exerted by a Heat Engine
Collisions, Conductivity, and Entropy
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How to Solve for the Final Velocity of an Elastic 2D Collision
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How to Solve for the Final Velocity of a Perfectly Inelastic 2D Collision
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How to Find the Heat per Unit Time Transferred Between Two Systems via Conduction
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How to Find the Thermal Conductivity of a Material Connecting Two Systems Using the Law of Thermal Conduction
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How to Compare the Changes of Entropy for Different Processes on a Pressure-Volume Diagram
Electric Force, Field, and Potential
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Electric Charge
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How to Calculate Total Charge in Coulombs of an Arrangement of Protons and Electrons
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How to Calculate the Total Charge in Coulombs of an Ion
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How to Determine the Number of Electrons on an Object Given its Net Charge in Coulombs
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How to Find the Current in a Conductor with a Given Charge & Time Interval
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How to Determine Whether Two Objects will Repel or Attract Based on their Charges
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How to Calculate the Charge of a System After Charging by Friction
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Finding the Orientation of Charge Separation Induced in a System from an External Charge
Charge Distribution
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How to Predict the Motion of Objects that Interact via Friction
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How to Predict the Motion of Charges on Objects that Interact with Conduction
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How to Predict the Motion of Objects that Interact via Induction
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How to Determine the Charge Distribution of an Object From its Motion in the Presence of Another Charged Object
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How to Determine Whether an Object is an Insulator or Conductor Based on its Charge Distribution
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How to Determine the Charge Distribution of a Conductor Given its Total Charge
Electric Forces
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How to Calculate how the Coulomb Constant Would Change if the Universe had a Different Permittivity of Free Space
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How to Identify Newton's Third Law Force Pairs in Configurations of Charged Particles
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How to Qualitatively Determine the Direction of Net Force on a Charged Particle Due to a Configuration of Two Other Charged Particles in 2D
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How to use Coulomb's Law to Find the Electric Force on a Particle at Rest
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How to Use Newton's Second Law to Find the Electric Force on a Particle of Known Acceleration
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Calculating the Electric Force between Two Charges Only
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Calculating an Electric Force between Three Charges in 1D
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Calculating an Electric Force between Three Charges in 2D
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How to Compare Electric Forces Between Objects at the Same Separation with Different Charges
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How to Compare Electric Forces of the Same Charged Objects at Different Distances
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How to Use Experimental Data of Electric Force versus Distance to Find an Unknown Charge
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How to Determine Whether Gravitational or Electromagnetic Forces Dominate Between 2 Objects of Known Charge & Mass
Electric Charges and Fields
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How to Draw a Vector Field for the Gravitational Force Around Systems of Massive Objects
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How to Calculate the Force Produced by an Electric Field
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Calculating the Electric Field Produced by a Charge
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Calculating the Electric Field Produced by Multiple Charges
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How to Draw Electric Field Lines for Two Particles with Equal Opposite Charges
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How to Draw Electric Field Lines for Two Particles with Equal Same Charges
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How to Draw Electric Field Lines for Two Particles with Different Magnitude Charges
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How to Draw the Electric Field Around a Spherically Symmetric Configuration of Several Point Charges
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How to Draw the Electric Field Between Uniformly Charged Parallel Plates
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How to Calculate the Potential Difference between Two Points
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How to Calculate the Potential Difference from within an Electric Field
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How to Calculate the Strength of an Electric Field Inside a Parallel Plate Capacitor with Known Voltage Difference & Plate Separation
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How to Calculate the Strength of an Electric Field Inside a Parallel Plate Capacitor Given the Charge & Area of Each Plate
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How to Determine the Motion of a Charged Particle Between Parallel Plates
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How to Draw Isolines for a Given Electric Field Map
Conservation of Electric Energy
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How to Calculate the Electric Energy Between Parallel Plates of a Capacitor
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How to Calculate the Work Done on a Point Charge to Move it Through an Electric Field
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How to Use Conservation of Energy to Determine the Charge of an Object in an Electric Field
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How to Determine the Power Generated by Moving Charged Objects
Electric Circuits
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Resistance and Capacitance
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How to Find the Number of Electrons that Pass Through a Conductor with a Known Current in Some Time Interval
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How to Calculate Resistance Using Resistivity
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How to Find the Best Gauge of Wire to Use to Achieve a Desired Resistance in Some Length of Conductor with Known Resistivity
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How to Compare the Resistances of Resistors Made from Different Lengths of the Same Material
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How to Compare the Resistances of Resistors Made with Different Cross-sectional Areas of the Same Material & Length
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How to Compare Capacitances of Parallel Plate Capacitors with Different Plate Areas
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How to Compare Capacitances of Parallel Plate Capacitors with Different Separations Between Plates
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How to Calculate the Capacitance of a Parallel Plate Capacitor Given its Geometry
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How to Find the Current in a Resistor Using the Potential Difference Across it
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How to Find the Magnitude of Charge on a Capacitor's Parallel Plates Using the Potential Difference
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How to Calculate the Equivalent Resistance In a Series Circuit
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How to Calculate the Equivalent Resistance In a Parallel Circuit
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How to Find the Total Resistance of Resistors in Series & Parallel Orientations
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How to Calculate the Equivalent Capacitance of a Circuit in Parallel
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How to Calculate the Equivalent Capacitance of a Circuit in Series
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How to Find the Total Capacitance of Capacitors in Series & Parallel Orientations
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How to Reduce a Circuit of Resistors and Capacitors to its Equivalent with the Minimum Number of Resistors and Capacitors
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How to Determine the Relative Voltage Difference Across Equal Resistors
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How to Determine the Voltage Difference Across Equal Resistors in Parallel
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How to Use a Graph of Voltage Versus Current to Determine Whether a Circuit Element is Ohmic
Kirchhoff's Loop Rule
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How to Use Kirchhoff's Loop Rule to Find the Voltage Drop of One of Two Different Resistors in Series
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How to Use Kirchhoff's Junction Rule to Find the Relative Current Between Different Resistors in Parallel
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Writing Kirchoff's Loop Rule Equations for a Circuit with Two or More Closed Loops
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Determining the Rate of Energy Transfer through a Resistor
Kirchhoff's Junction Rule and the Conservation of Electric Charge
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Writing Kirchhoff's Junction Rule Equations for a Circuit with Resistors and Two or More Closed Loops
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Describing Relative Voltages & Currents in an RC Circuit Immediately after a Switch is Closed after Being Open for a Long Time
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Describing Relative Voltages & Currents in an RC Circuit in Steady-State after a Switch Has been Closed for a Long Time
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Describing Relative Voltages & Currents in an RC Circuit Immediately after a Switch is Opened after Being Closed for a Long Time
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Describing Relative Voltages & Currents in an RC Circuit in Steady-State after a Switch Has been Open for a Long Time
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Using Kirchhoff's Junction Rule to Solve for a Voltage Drop across a Circuit Element
Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
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Magnetic Fields and Forces
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How to Find the Direction of a Magnetic Dipole Moment
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How to Calculate the Magnetic Force Perpendicular to the Direction of a Charge
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How to Calculate the Magnetic Force at an Angle to a Charge
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Calculating the Direction of a Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge in a Magnetic Field
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Determining the Trajectory of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field
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Determining the Magnitude of the Magnetic Field Some Distance from a Straight Current Carrying Wire
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Determining the Direction of the Magnetic Field Around a Straight Current-Carrying Wire
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How to Calculate the Magnetic Force Perpendicular to Current-Carrying Wire
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Determining the Orientation of a Magnetic Dipole in a Magnetic Field
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How to Draw the Magnetic Field Lines of a Dipole
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Determining the Behavior of a Paramagnetic Material in an External Magnetic Field
Magnetic Flux
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How to Calculate the Flux Perpendicular to a Loop of Wire
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How to Calculate the Flux at an Angle to a Loop of Wire
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How to Calculate Change in Magnetic Flux Due to Change in Magnetic Field Strength
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How to Calculate Change in Magnetic Flux Due to Change in Area of the Relevant Region
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How to Find the Direction of Induced emf Using Conservation of Energy
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How to Calculate Induced Electromotive Force and Current
Geometric and Physical Optics
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Waves
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Determining Whether a Wave is Transverse or Longitudinal
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Finding the Direction of Polarization of an Electromagnetic Wave
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How to Use the Right Hand Rule to Find the Direction of Propagation of an Electromagnetic Wave
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How to Use the Right Hand Rule to Find the Direction of the Electric Field
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How to Use the Right Hand Rule to Determine the Direction of the Magnetic Field
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How to Find the Frequency of Light from its Wavelength
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How to Find the Wavelength of Light Using its Frequency
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Identifying a Light Wave's Range on the Electromagnetic Spectrum
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How to Determine the Frequency of a Wave Graphically
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Determining the Period of a Wave Graphically
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How to Determine the Amplitude of a Wave Graphically
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Graphing a Periodic Wave Using a Sine or Cosine Function
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Writing the Equation of a Periodic Wave from a Graph
Refraction, Reflection, and Absorption
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How to Calculate the Reflection Angle on a Flat Surface
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How to Calculate the Final Reflection Angle Across Multiple Flat Surfaces
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How to Calculate the Speed of Light in a Medium Given the Index of Refraction
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Calculating the Change in Wavelength of a Light Wave in a Medium Given the Index of Refraction
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How to Use Snell's Law to Find the Angle of Refraction of Light Traveling from a Lower to a Higher Index of Refraction Medium
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How to Use Snell's Law to Find the Angle of Refraction of Light Travelling from a Higher to Lower Index of Refraction Medium
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How to Use Snell's Law to Find the Ratio of Indices of Refraction Given a Path of Light Through a Boundary
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How to Use Snell's Law to Find the Displacement of an Image Viewed Through a Material More Optically Dense than Air
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Finding the Angle of Incidence Required for Total Internal Reflection across a Boundary
Images from Lenses and Mirrors
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How to Draw a Ray Tracing Diagram for an Object in front of a Corner Mirror
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How to Draw a Ray Diagram for an Object in Front of a Concave Mirror
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How to Draw a Ray Diagram for an Object In Front of a Convex Mirror
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How to Draw a Ray Diagram for a Concave Lens
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How to Draw a Ray Diagram for a Convex Lens
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How to Calculate the Magnification of a Concave Mirror
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How to Calculate the Focal Point of a Concave Mirror Using the Mirror Equation
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How to Calculate the Height of an Image for a Concave Mirror
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How to Calculate the Magnification of a Convex Mirror
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How to Calculate the Focal Point of a Convex Mirror Using Mirror Equation
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How to Calculate the Height of an Image for a Convex Mirror
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How to Use the Lens Equation to Find the Distance of an Image from a Lens
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How to Use the Lens Equation to Find the Distance of an Object from a Lens
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How to Calculate the Focal Length of a Lens Given Index of Refraction
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How to Use the Lens Equation to Find the Focal Length of a Lens
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Using a Ray Tracing Diagram and the Lens Equation to Find the Image Produced by Two Identical Lenses
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Using a Ray Tracing Diagram & the Lens Equation to Find the Image Produced by Two Lenses with Different Focal Lengths
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Determining if an Image is Real or Virtual
Interference and Diffraction
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How to Calculate the Amplitude of Two Waves in Superposition
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How to Calculate Path Difference Required for Destructive Interference
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Finding Width of Central Fringe in Single Slit
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Finding the Distance between the 1st & 2nd Bright Fringes from a Double Slit
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Finding Positions of Dark Fringes in Single Slit
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How to Find the Wavelength of Light in a Single Slit Experiment Using the Spacing in the Interference Pattern
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How to Find the Wavelength of Light in a Double Slit Experiment Using the Spacing in the Interference Pattern
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How to Find the Dimension of a Single Slit Using the Spacing in an Interference Pattern
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How to Find the Dimension of a Double Slit Using the Spacing in an Interference Pattern
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Predicting if a Single Slit Will Produce an Interference Pattern Based on its Relative Size
Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics
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Systems and Fundamental Forces
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Determining an Element from its Proton Number
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How to Determine the Number of Neutrons in an Isotope from its Mass Number
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How to Determine the Number of Electrons in an Atom or Ion From its Proton Number
Radioactive Decay
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How to Use Conservation of Charge to Determine Unknown Coefficients in a Nuclear Decay Equation
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Determining if a Particle Collision is Elastic or Inelastic
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How to Find the Final Velocity of a Particle in Radioactive Decay in Two Dimensions
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How to Find the Center of Mass of a Group of Two or More Particles
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How to Use Conservation of Nucleon Number to Find Unknown Coefficients in a Nuclear Reaction or Decay
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How to Use Conservation of Nucleon Number and Conservation of Charge Simultaneously to Find Unknown Coefficients in a Nuclear Reaction or Decay
Energy in Radioactive Decay
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How to Find the Total Internal Energy of a Nuclear System
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How to Find the Frequency of a Photon Emitted by an Electron Transition
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How to Find the Frequency of a Photon Absorbed by an Electron Transition
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How to Find the Wavelength of a Photon Emitted by an Electron Transition
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How to Find the Wavelength of a Photon Absorbed by an Electron Transition
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Identifying the Correct Sketch for a Spectrum of Light Emitted by Transitions in a Bohr-like Atom of Specified Energy Levels
Mass Energy Equivalence
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How to Calculate the Rest Mass of a Particle
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How to Find the Binding Energy of a Nucleon Using Internal Energy
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How to Calculate Work Done on a Nucleon that Undergoes Fission
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How to Calculate the Power Produced in Nuclear Fusion
Properties of Waves and Particles
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How to Calculate the de Broglie Wavelength of a Particle
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How to Calculate the Momentum of a Wave Packet from its Wavelength
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Determining which Reference Frame will Measure an Object to have Longer Length
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Determining which Reference Frame will Measure a Time Interval to be Shorter
Photoelectric Effect
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Calculating the Energy of a Light Wave Given Frequency
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Finding the Frequency Threshold of Incident Light for Electron Emission from a Material with Given Work Function
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How to Find the Work Function of a Material Given Experimental Data from the Photoelectric Effect
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Finding the Average Velocity of Electrons Emitted in a Photoelectric Experiment with Given Incident Light Frequency and Material Work Function
Wave Functions and Probability
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Using a Graph of a Wavefunction to Determine the Most Likely Position of a Particle
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How to Calculate the Half-Life of a Decaying Substance
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How to Calculate the Number of Nuclei at a Specific Time
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