Describe the electric force that results from the interactions between charged objects or systems.
Boundary statement:
While students will only be expected to make calculations of the electric force between four or fewer interacting charged objects or systems, the analysis of the resulting electric force from more charges is allowed in situations of high symmetry.
Compare the electric forces and gravitational forces that result from interactions between charged objects with mass.
Describe the behavior of a system using the law of conservation of charge.
A Describe the electric field produced by a charged object or configuration of point charges.
Describe the electric field generated by charged conductors or uniformly charged solid objects.
Boundary statement:
Students will only be expected to make calculations of the electric field resulting from four or fewer charged objects or systems. The analysis of the resulting electric field from more charges is allowed in situations of high symmetry. Students will only be expected to perform qualitative analysis of electric fields within insulators.
A Describe the electric permittivity of a material or medium.
Describe the electric potential energy of a system.
Boundary Statement:
As the methods to calculate the electrical potential energy due to extended charge distributions exceeds the scope of the course, AP Physics 2 only requires that students calculate the electric potential energy of configurations of four or fewer point charges.
Describe the electric potential due to a configuration of charged objects
Describe the relationship between electric potential and electric field.
Boundary Statement:
As the methods to calculate the electrical potential due to extended charges exceeds the scope of the course, AP Physics 2 only requires that students calculate the electric potential of configurations of four or fewer particles or in situations of high symmetry.
Describe the physical properties of a parallel plate capacitor.
Boundary Statement:
While other shapes are also able to separate charges, only the analysis and descriptions of parallel plate capacitors are req will be neglected in AP Physics
A Describe changes in energy in a system due to a difference in electric potential between two locations.