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Texas Gateway: Kinetic Theory: Atomic & Molecular Explanation of Pressure & Temp
By the end of this section, you will be able to express the ideal gas law in terms of molecular mass and velocity; define thermal energy; calculate the kinetic energy of a gas molecule, given its temperature; describe the relationship...
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Texas Gateway: The Ideal Gas Law
By the end of this section, you will be able to state the ideal gas law in terms of molecules and in terms of moles; use the ideal gas law to calculate pressure change, temperature change, volume change, or the number of molecules or...
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Texas Gateway: Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids
By the end of this section, you will be able to define and describe thermal expansion; calculate the linear expansion of an object given its initial length, change in temperature, and coefficient of linear expansion; and calculate the...
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Texas Gateway: Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the relationship between vapor pressure of water and the capacity of air to hold water vapor, explain the relationship between relative humidity and partial pressure of water vapor...
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Texas Gateway: Heat and Heat Transfer Methods: Problems & Exercises
This is a list of 82 problems/exercises to solve based on the content of Chapter 14: Heat and Heat Transfer Methods from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Heat and Heat Transfer Methods: Conceptual Questions
This is a list of 26 questions covering the major concepts presented in Chapter 14: Heat and Heat Transfer Methods from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Applications of Thermodynamics: Heat Pumps and Refrigerators
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the use of heat engines in heat pumps and refrigerators, demonstrate how a heat pump works to warm an interior space, explain the differences between heat pumps and refrigerators,...
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Texas Gateway: Second Law of Thermodynamics: Heat Engines and Their Efficiency
By the end of this section, you will be able to state the expressions of the second law of thermodynamics; calculate the efficiency and carbon dioxide emission of a coal-fired electricity plant, using second law characteristics; and...
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Texas Gateway: The First Law of Thermodynamics and Some Simple Processes
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the processes of a simple heat engine; explain the differences among the simple thermodynamic processes: isobaric, isochoric, isothermal, and adiabatic; and calculate total work...
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Texas Gateway: The First Law of Thermodynamics
By the end of this section, you will be able to define the first law of thermodynamics; describe how conservation of energy relates to the first law of thermodynamics; identify instances of the first law of thermodynamics working in...
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Texas Gateway: Thermodynamics: Conceptual Questions
This is a list of 37 question that cover the major concepts presented in Chapter 15: Thermodynamics from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Entropy & 2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Disorder & Lack of Energy
By the end of this section, you will be able to define entropy, calculate the increase of entropy in a system with reversible and irreversible processes, explain the expected fate of the universe in entropic terms, and calculate the...
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Texas Gateway: Sound Interference and Resonance: Standing Waves in Air Columns
By the end of this section, you will be able to define antinode, node, fundamental, overtones, and harmonics; identify instances of sound interference in everyday situations; describe how sound interference occurring inside open and...
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Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Doppler Effect and Sonic Booms
By the end of this section, you will be able to define Doppler effect, Doppler shift, and sonic boom; calculate the frequency of a sound heard by someone observing Doppler shift; and describe the sounds produced by objects moving faster...
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Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Sound Intensity and Sound Level
By the end of this section, you will be able to define intensity, sound intensity, and sound pressure level and to calculate sound intensity levels in decibels (dB).
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Texas Gateway: Physics of Hearing: Speed of Sound, Frequency, and Wavelength
By the end of this section, you will be able to define pitch; describe the relationship between the speed of sound, its frequency, and its wavelength; describe the effects on the speed of sound as it travels through various media; and...
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Texas Gateway: Thermodynamics: Problems and Exercises
This is a list of 67 problems and exercises to solve based on the content presented in Chapter 15: Thermodynamics from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Problems and Exercises
This is a list of problems and exercises to solve based on the content of Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Conceptual Questions
This is a list of 18 questions covering the major concepts in Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Summary
This page provides a summary for each section of Chapter 16: Oscillatory Motion and Waves from the AP Physics online text.
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Texas Gateway: Oscillatory Motion and Waves: Energy in Waves: Intensity
y the end of this section, you will be able to calculate the intensity and the power of rays of sunlight and waves.
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Texas Gateway: Superposition and Interference
By the end of this section, you will be able to determine the resultant waveform when two waves act in superposition relative to each other, explain standing waves, and describe the mathematical representation of overtones and beat...
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Texas Gateway: Ap Physics I: Appendices: Selected Radioactive Isotopes
This is a chart showing Selected Radioactive Isotopes including: Decay Mode(s), Energy(MeV), y-Ray Energy(MeV), and more.
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Texas Gateway: Ap Physics I: Appendices: Atomic Masses
This is a chart of the elements including the atomic mass, atomic number, symbol, half-life, and more.