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Advanced Placement Physics C
Goal 4
- Objective 4.01
- Measure and analyze the current, resistance, and power in electric circuits.
- Relate current and voltage for a resistor.
- Qualitatively describe what happens in terms of electric field strength, current density, and drift electron velocity in a conductor.
- Explain and calculate how cross-sectional area, length, and material affect the resistance of a resistor.
- Explain the rate of how heat is dissipated.
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- Objective 4.02
- Examine and analyze steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors.
- Define and relate current, resistance, and voltage.
- Identify series and parallel wiring in a circuit.
- Determine voltage, current, resistance, and power across series, parallel, and combination circuits.
- Draw a diagram of a series-parallel circuit using conventional symbols.
- Calculate terminal resistance and internal voltage for a known battery.
- Identify and calculate the current, voltage and resistance using Ohm's Law and Kirchoff's rules.
- Identify the properties and connections of an ammeter and voltmeter.
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- Objective 4.03
- Evaluate and analyze capacitors in circuits.
- Explain the capacitance for capacitors in parallel and series circuits.
- Identify and examine energy storage in a capacitor.
- Explain the charge and voltage for capacitors in parallel and series circuits.
- Graph and mathematically express the discharging of a capacitor over time.
- Calculate and graph voltage and currents over time in a circuit.
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