AP Physics Final Exam
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What is the unit of kinetic energy?
What is gravitational potential energy relative to?
How is work defined in physics?
Which expression represents kinetic energy?
What does a spring do when compressed?
How does work relate to energy?
What type of energy does a stretched spring have?
What happens to gravitational potential energy when height increases?
What defines elastic potential energy?
What is the formula for momentum?
What happens to momentum in an elastic collision?
Impulse is the product of which two quantities?
In an inelastic collision, what happens to kinetic energy?
If mass increases and velocity stays constant, what changes?
What does impulse equal in a closed system?
What does an inelastic collision result in?
In an elastic collision, objects...
What is the time period of a mass on a spring?
How is frequency related to time period?
What affects the time period of a pendulum?
If the mass on a spring increases, what happens to the period?
What do you call the highest point in a pendulum's swing?
What does the spring constant measure?
What happens to a pendulum's frequency if its length doubles?
Why does the mass on a spring oscillate?
In the formula T = 2π√(m/k), what does 'T' represent?
What is torque?
Which direction is clockwise torque?
Counterclockwise torque causes what?
How to calculate torque?
A larger distance from the pivot means?
What is the pivot point in torque?
Which angle maximizes torque?
Which incidence occurs at a balanced torque?
What is the acceleration of an object in free fall?
Which law explains why a seatbelt is important?
What happens to velocity in uniform circular motion?
What describes the force required to keep an object in circular motion?
In which situation is kinetic energy maximum?
What affects rotational inertia in a solid cylinder?
How is angular momentum defined for a rotating object?
What is the equation for rotational kinetic energy?
What happens if you double the distance from axis?
In which scenario is angular momentum conserved?
What is the relation between angular and linear velocity?
What happens to angular momentum when an ice skater pulls arms in?
How does rotational kinetic energy change when arms are pulled in?
As distance increases, gravitational potential energy between two masses:
What happens to gravitational potential energy at infinite distance?
What does the parallel axis theorem relate to in physics?