AP Physics 2

Unit 10 Electric Force, Field, and Potential

7 topics · 113 questions, each explained

1. 10.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force 11 ideas · 30 questions

   Electric charge, q · Coulomb's law · Direction of the electrostatic force · Contact forces · Electrostatic and gravitational forces compared · Ratio of electric to gravitational force · Electrical neutrality of large bodies · Electric permittivity · Electric polarization · Permittivity of free space, ε₀ · Permittivity of a material

2. 10.2 Conservation of Electric Charge and the Process of Charging 3 ideas · 12 questions

   Net charge · System and surroundings · Grounding

3. 10.3 Electric Fields 5 ideas · 19 questions

   Electric field · Electric field (definition) · Electric field as a vector · Electrostatic equilibrium · Charged insulator

4. 10.4 Electric Potential Energy 3 ideas · 10 questions

   Electric potential energy of a system, U_E · Electric potential energy of two point charges · Total electric potential energy of several charges

5. 10.5 Electric Potential 6 ideas · 17 questions

   Electric potential, V · Electric potential of a point charge · Electric potential difference, ΔV · Conductors in electrical contact · Average electric field from potential difference · Electric field vector map and equipotential map

6. 10.6 Capacitors 6 ideas · 15 questions

   Parallel-plate capacitor · Charge of a capacitor, Q · Uniform field between plates · Stored electric potential energy, U_C · Energy stored, U_C = (1/2)QΔV · Dielectric

7. 10.7 Conservation of Electric Energy 2 ideas · 10 questions

   Object–field system · Energy conservation for a charged object

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