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AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

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Flashcards for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, split into the six units of the Course and Exam Description in order, then by topic. Equation cards say whether the formula is on the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism equation sheet or has to be recalled.

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  • Unit 8: Electric Charges, Fields, and Gauss's Law100 cards
    • 8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force23 cards
    • 8.2 Conservation of Electric Charge and Charging17 cards
    • 8.3 Electric Fields19 cards
    • 8.4 Electric Fields of Charge Distributions14 cards
    • 8.5 Electric Flux10 cards
    • 8.6 Gauss's Law17 cards
  • Unit 9: Electric Potential46 cards
    • 9.1 Electric Potential Energy11 cards
    • 9.2 Electric Potential24 cards
    • 9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy11 cards
  • Unit 10: Conductors and Capacitors67 cards
    • 10.1 Electrostatics with Conductors19 cards
    • 10.2 Redistribution of Charge between Conductors9 cards
    • 10.3 Capacitors25 cards
    • 10.4 Dielectrics14 cards
  • Unit 11: Electric Circuits134 cards
    • 11.1 Electric Current22 cards
    • 11.2 Simple Circuits18 cards
    • 11.3 Resistance, Resistivity and Ohm's Law20 cards
    • 11.4 Electric Power10 cards
    • 11.5 Compound Direct Current Circuits22 cards
    • 11.6 Kirchhoff's Loop Rule9 cards
    • 11.7 Kirchhoff's Junction Rule8 cards
    • 11.8 Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits25 cards
  • Unit 12: Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetism74 cards
    • 12.1 Magnetic Fields26 cards
    • 12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges17 cards
    • 12.3 Magnetic Fields of Current-Carrying Wires and the Biot-Savart Law15 cards
    • 12.4 Ampère's Law16 cards
  • Unit 13: Electromagnetic Induction81 cards
    • 13.1 Magnetic Flux11 cards
    • 13.2 Electromagnetic Induction17 cards
    • 13.3 Induced Currents and Magnetic Forces11 cards
    • 13.4 Inductance15 cards
    • 13.5 Circuits with Resistors and Inductors (LR Circuits)16 cards
    • 13.6 Circuits with Capacitors and Inductors (LC Circuits)11 cards

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  • What two mathematical tools are combined to find the electric field of an extended charge distribution?
    Integration and the principle of superposition
  • A connection in which charge passing through one element must pass through every other element in the connection, with no other path available
    Series connection (of circuit elements)
  • Elementary charge
    The smallest indivisible unit of electric charge: the size of the charge carried by one electron or proton
  • What does Ampère's law relate?
    The magnetic field around a closed path to the current enclosed by that path
  • The work an external force must do to bring the two point charges to their current positions, starting from infinitely far apart
    Electric potential energy of a system of two point charges
  • What kinds of components can an electrical loop in a circuit include?
    Wires, batteries, resistors, lightbulbs, capacitors, inductors, switches, ammeters and voltmeters
  • A material in which electrons are able to move freely
    Ideal conductor
  • What does Faraday's law describe?
    The relationship between a changing magnetic flux through a loop and the emf induced in that loop
  • In an LC circuit with a charged capacitor and an inductor, how can the maximum current in the inductor be found?
    Using conservation of energy within the circuit
  • Kirchhoff's loop rule states that the sum of the potential differences across all elements in a single closed loop must equal [...].
    Kirchhoff's loop rule states that the sum of the potential differences across all elements in a single closed loop must equal zero.

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