13921620231 | Newton's Second Law equation | F=ma | 0 | |
13921636390 | centripetal force equation | 1 | ||
13921781301 | friction equation | 2 | ||
13921954000 | gravity equation | fg=m*g | 3 | |
13922184816 | circle force/tension equation | Fc=T-Fg | 4 | |
13978969024 | Magnitude of an electric force equation | FE = qE | 5 | |
13985457352 | Three Kinematic Equations | ∆X=Vit+½(at²) Vf=Vi+at Vf²=Vi ² +2a∆x | 6 | |
13985525473 | 30 60 90 triangle | 7 | ||
14051914434 | 45 45 90 triangle | 8 | ||
14051915036 | 3 4 5 triangle | 9 | ||
14051938458 | Formula for projectile motion | y=½gt² | 10 | |
14051941133 | Range of a projectile | x=vᵢₓt | 11 | |
14051944582 | Maximum altitude of a projectile | 12 | ||
14051962169 | If a projectile returns to the original launch height, vf= | vf=vi | 13 | |
14051973794 | Solving for mass using the force of gravity | Fg=mg=w (weight) | 14 | |
14051975805 | If you see an object at rest or a constant velocity & involving friction | f=F forward | 15 | |
14051979871 | If you see an object accelerating & involving friction | f=µN | 16 | |
14051982153 | If you see a stretched spring | Hooke's law Fs=kx | 17 | |
14051992030 | Constant velocity, at rest, or at equilibrium | ∑F=0 (Change in force = 0) a=0 (Acceleration = 0) | 18 | |
14051994925 | Acceleration | ∑F=ma | 19 | |
14052002230 | Two object interacting means the force is... | Equal and opposite to each object | 20 | |
14052003291 | If you see an incline | Fg‖=mg sinθ N=mg cosθ | 21 | |
14052007990 | In uniform circular motion, Period (T) = | T=t/(# of cycles) | 22 | |
14052009492 | In uniform circular motion, Frequency (ƒ) = | ƒ = (# of cycles)/t | 23 | |
14052012229 | Speed/tangential velocity in uniform circular motion | 24 | ||
14052018060 | centripetal (radial) acceleration | 25 | ||
14052019768 | If you see circular motion and forces are mentioned | Fc=F(toward center)-F(away from center), set forces toward the center as + and those away as - | 26 | |
14052024411 | If you see an object in a vertical circle and min speed (the top) is asked for | Fc=F(toward center)-F(away from center), Forces not gravity must be 0 | 27 | |
14055880253 | To find the potential force of an electric field | Fᴇ=qE | 28 | |
14055887189 | To find electric potential energy | WE = ΔK = -ΔUE = -qΔV = -q(Vf − Vi) Work is positive if the charge is speeding up, and negative otherwise. | 29 | |
14057696849 | To find the change in potential difference of moving charges | ΔV = Vf − Vi | 30 | |
14057712424 | To find work of a moving charge | W = ΔK = ΔUE or W = -q(Vf - Vi) | 31 | |
14057722289 | Work is the... | Change in kinetic energy, W = ΔK | 32 | |
14057885927 | Conservation of energy | ½mvᴍᴀx²=q∆V | 33 | |
14057919437 | Law of Conservation of Energy | K1 + U1 = K2 + U2 | 34 | |
14058102723 | Capacity of plates is directly proportional to ______ and inversely proportional to _____________. | area, distance of separation | 35 | |
14058108020 | Formula for capacitance (of plates) | 36 | ||
14058132067 | To find the amount of charge in a capacitor, | Q = CV (amount of charge = capacitance*potential) | 37 | |
14058146872 | To find potential energy of a capacitor, | 38 | ||
14058887928 | Capacity of charged plates | C = Q/V (Capacity = Charge/Potential difference) | 39 | |
14058923638 | To find energy stored, | Uᴄ=½QV=½CV² | 40 | |
14139512577 | To find the voltage of a circuit (Ohm's law) | V=IR (Voltage=Current*Resistance) | 41 | |
14139516458 | To find power dissipated or heat/light generated | P=IV=V²/R | 42 | |
14139524997 | The circuit that dissipates the most power will have | the least resistance | 43 | |
14139888915 | Right hand rule (for wires and magnetic fields) | Point your thumb in the direction of the current and your fingers will curl in the direction of the magnetic field | 44 | |
14139893627 | In magnetic fields, Xs represent | Fields going into a page | 45 | |
14139894213 | In magnetic fields, dots represent | Fields going out of a page | 46 | |
14139963548 | To find the magnitude of an electric field | B=µ₀/2π*I/r | 47 | |
14139966654 | µ₀ = | 4π*10⁻⁷ | 48 | |
14139980761 | 10 cm is how many meters? | 0.1 m | 49 | |
14140072647 | sin(90°) | 1 | 50 | |
14140250016 | To find the affect of a magnetic field on a moving charge, | 51 | ||
14190051125 | To find kinetic energy, | K=½mv² | 52 | |
14190065161 | To find normal potential energy, | Ug=mgh | 53 | |
14190103348 | To find elastic potential energy (springs), | Ug=½kx² | 54 | |
14190118086 | To find work, | W=Favg*dparallel | 55 | |
14190129159 | To find the work of gravity | Wg=mg∆h | 56 | |
14190130486 | To find the work of a spring | W=∆(½kx²) | 57 | |
14190137223 | To find the work or rate of energy use, | P=W/t=∆E/t or P=Fd/t or P=Fv | 58 | |
14190160124 | To find the work of kinetic friction, | Wf=-Fk*d | 59 | |
14190186225 | To find impulse, | J=∆p=mvf-mvi You can also use the area of a force-time graph. | 60 | |
14190228842 | To find momentum of an elastic or inelastic collision, | 61 | ||
14190249162 | To find momentum of a perfectly inelastic collision, | 62 | ||
14190260888 | To find the momentum of en explosion, | 63 | ||
14190265989 | If you see an elastic collision, remember | Kinetic energy is conserved | 64 | |
14190273560 | If you see an inelastic or perfectly inelastic collision, remember | Kinetic energy is lost Klost=Ki-Kf | 65 | |
14190283467 | To find the force of gravity in between two planets, | Newton's law of universal gravitation | 66 | |
14190290478 | To find gravity (g), | g=G(M/r²) (M = planets mass and r=distance from cores) | 67 | |
14190313939 | What is the universal gravitational constant (G)? | 68 | ||
14190331057 | To find orbit speed, | 69 | ||
14190350488 | Kepler's 3rd law is | T² ∝r³ (period² is proportional to radius³) | 70 | |
14190408837 | Magnetic fields run | north to south | 71 | |
14190413456 | To find the magnitude of a magnetic field, | 72 | ||
14190438518 | 2nd right hand rule | Hold it flat with your index & thumb making a 90°>. Now, point your thumb int eh dir of the charges velocity and your fingers in the dir of the magnetic field lines. If your palm faces up, the force is coming out of the page. For negative charges, do the opposite. | 73 | |
14190463676 | To find the effect of a magnetic field on a moving charge, | 74 | ||
14190468919 | To find the force of a magnetic field on a wire, | And right hand rule #2. | 75 | |
14190481638 | Currents in the same direction... | attract | 76 | |
14190497899 | To find magnetic flux, | (magnetic field * Area) | 77 | |
14190505103 | Moving a magnet or coil towards one another_________ the magnetic field. | increases | 78 | |
14190513995 | To find the period of an oscillator, | T=(total time)/(# of oscillations) and T=1/f | 79 | |
14190520706 | To find frequency of an oscillator, | f=(# of oscillations)/(total time) and f=1/T | 80 | |
14190538200 | To find restorative force, | Hooke's law | 81 | |
14190544085 | At a spring's equilibrium, | Fs=Fg and kx=mg | 82 | |
14190549530 | Formula for the period of springs: | 83 | ||
14190552157 | Formula for period of pendulums: | 84 | ||
14190558021 | When an oscillator reaches its max displacement, | the potential energy is at it's max value | 85 | |
14190585969 | To find wave velocity, | v=fλ | 86 | |
14190594652 | As a speaker moves towards a person, | it sounds higher pitched. | 87 | |
14190602527 | Upright images being reflected are | always virtual | 88 | |
14190630531 | The angle that incident rays is... | the same as the angle of reflected rays. | 89 | |
14190634016 | The index of refraction can never | be less than 1 | 90 | |
14190637707 | The index of refraction for a vacuum is | 1 | 91 | |
14190642107 | The index of refraction for air is | 1 | 92 | |
14190644810 | Light entering a medium of a new density will | Refract | 93 | |
14190651829 | A pinhole camera creates | A real inverted image on a film (screen) | 94 | |
14190664484 | When an object is outside of the focal point of a converging (convex) lens or converging (concave) mirror, a _________, _______ image is created. | real, inverted | 95 | |
14190670739 | When an object is inside of the focal point of a converging (convex) lens or converging (concave) mirror, a _________, _______ image is created. | real, upright | 96 | |
14190674283 | A diverging (concave) lens or diverging (convex) mirror will create a _________, _______, _______ image. | small, upright, virtual | 97 | |
14190694428 | To find the index of refraction, | (ratio of speed in vacuum/speed in medium) | 98 | |
14190712229 | The critical angle is... | the point at which light will be reflected back into it's original medium | 99 | |
14190727127 | To find the critical angle, | use Snell's law | 100 | |
14190748358 | To find the magnification in a pinhole camera, | M=(real height)/height in pic) = -(distance from object to hole)/(distance from hole to screen) | 101 | |
14190757562 | To find the focal length, | (do = object distance and di = image distance) or f=R/2 (Radius of curvature/2) | 102 | |
14190789325 | When light bends around an opening, it's called _______. | diffraction | 103 | |
14190791128 | Young's Double Slit showed that... | Light acts like a wave, with constructions and destructions. | 104 | |
14190795691 | Light is ________. | Polarized | 105 | |
14190798282 | A red object will... | Absorb all light but red, which it reflects. | 106 | |
14190803371 | As a slit becomes closer to the width of a wavelength, the light | becomes more circular | 107 | |
14190805128 | Formula for double slit experiments | also xm=(mλL)/d | 108 | |
14190817567 | In single slit interference, the middle maximum is... | Brighter than the others. | 109 | |
14190819881 | Polarizing filters | block light in one direction | 110 | |
14190823608 | Two polarizing filters, with one 90° from the other, will | block all light. | 111 |
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