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AP Physics Final Exam

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AP Physics Final Exam
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What is the unit of kinetic energy?

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What is gravitational potential energy relative to?

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How is work defined in physics?

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Which expression represents kinetic energy?

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What does a spring do when compressed?

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How does work relate to energy?

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What type of energy does a stretched spring have?

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What happens to gravitational potential energy when height increases?

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What defines elastic potential energy?

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What is the formula for momentum?

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What happens to momentum in an elastic collision?

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Impulse is the product of which two quantities?

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In an inelastic collision, what happens to kinetic energy?

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If mass increases and velocity stays constant, what changes?

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What does impulse equal in a closed system?

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What does an inelastic collision result in?

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In an elastic collision, objects...

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What is the time period of a mass on a spring?

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How is frequency related to time period?

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What affects the time period of a pendulum?

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If the mass on a spring increases, what happens to the period?

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What do you call the highest point in a pendulum's swing?

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What does the spring constant measure?

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What happens to a pendulum's frequency if its length doubles?

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Why does the mass on a spring oscillate?

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In the formula T = 2π√(m/k), what does 'T' represent?

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What is torque?

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Which direction is clockwise torque?

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Counterclockwise torque causes what?

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How to calculate torque?

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A larger distance from the pivot means?

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What is the pivot point in torque?

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Which angle maximizes torque?

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Which incidence occurs at a balanced torque?

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What is the acceleration of an object in free fall?

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Which law explains why a seatbelt is important?

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What happens to velocity in uniform circular motion?

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What describes the force required to keep an object in circular motion?

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In which situation is kinetic energy maximum?

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What affects rotational inertia in a solid cylinder?

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How is angular momentum defined for a rotating object?

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What is the equation for rotational kinetic energy?

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What happens if you double the distance from axis?

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In which scenario is angular momentum conserved?

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What is the relation between angular and linear velocity?

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What happens to angular momentum when an ice skater pulls arms in?

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How does rotational kinetic energy change when arms are pulled in?

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As distance increases, gravitational potential energy between two masses:

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What happens to gravitational potential energy at infinite distance?

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What does the parallel axis theorem relate to in physics?