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AP Physics 1 Practice Questions

What happens to the force of gravitational attraction between two small objects if the mass of each object is doubled and the distance between their centers is doubled?
If the surface of the incline is frictionless, how long will the block take to reach the bottom if it was released from rest at the top?
If the surface of the incline is frictionless, with what speed will the block reach the bottom if it was released from rest at the top?
If the coefficient of friction between the block and the incline is 0.4, how much work is done by the normal force on the block as it slides down the full length of the incline?
The graph above shows a wave. What quantity of the wave does the indicated segment represent?
Sound waves travel at 350 m/s through warm air and at 3,500 m/s through brass. What happens to the wavelength of a 700 Hz acoustic wave as it enters brass from warm air?
In the figure above, the coefficient of sliding friction between the small block and the tabletop is 0.2. If the pulley is frictionless and massless, what will be the acceleration of the blocks once they are released from rest?
Two people, one of mass 100 kg and the other of mass 50 kg, stand facing each other on an ice-covered (essentially frictionless) pond. If the heavier person pushes on the lighter one with a force F, then
A horizontal spring-block oscillator is in motion when a second block of equal mass falls on top of the oscillating block. If the two blocks stick together, what effect will this have on the amplitude of the oscillations?
The graphs above show the changes in speed for two different blocks. The left graph shows the speed over time of Block 1, which has a mass of m1, and the right graph shows the speed of Block 2, which has a mass of 2m1. While speeding up, they both had to overcome some frictional force, f. Which of the two blocks had more power provided to it?
If the force of gravity between the Moon and the Earth were to stop, which statement best describes the resulting motion of the moon?
The weight of a box on the Earth is 80 N. What is the weight of the box on the moon if the moon has 1/80th the mass and 1/4th the radius of the Earth?
A ball of mass is attached to a string connected to the ceiling, forming a pendulum. When the string is raised to an angle of 50 degrees below the horizontal (the ceiling) and released, the ball swings back and forth with a period of 0.4 s. Which of the following changes to the pendulum would decrease the period of the pendulum?
Three light bulbs, each with a resistance of R, are connected in parallel to a battery in a simple circuit. If the middle bulb goes out, then
The figure above shows a plane diagram. The figure shows four point charges arranged at the corners of a square with point B as its center. A positive charge would experience no net force if it were placed at which of the three points shown in the figure?
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