💡AP Physics C: E&M
Key Terms

190 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP Physics C: E&M exam

💡AP Physics C: E&M
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Unit 8 – Electric Charges & Fields: Gauss's Law

8.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force

8.2 Electric Charge and the Process of Charging

8.3 Electric Fields

8.4 Electric Fields of Charge Distributions

8.5 Electric Flux

8.6 Gauss's Law

Unit 9 – Electric Potential

9.2 Electric Potential

9.3 Conservation of Electric Energy

Unit 10 – Conductors and Capacitors

10.1 Electrostatics with Conductors

10.2 Redistribution of Charge Between Conductors

10.3 Capacitors

10.4 Dielectrics

Unit 11 – Electric Circuits

11.1 Electric Current

11.2 Electric Circuits

11.3 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law

11.4 Electric Power

11.5 Compound Direct Current Circuits

11.6 Kirchhoff's Loop Rule

11.7 Kirchhoff's Junction Rule

11.8 Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits

Unit 12 – Magnetic Fields & Electromagnetism

12.1 Magnetic Fields

12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges

12.3 Magnetic Fields of Current-Carrying Wires and the Biot-Savart Law

12.4 Ampère's Law

Unit 13 – Electromagnetic Induction

13.1 Magnetic Flux

13.2 Electromagnetic Induction

13.3 Induced Currents and Magnetic Forces

13.4 Inductance

13.5 Circuits with Resistors and Inductors (LR Circuits)

13.6 Circuits with Capacitors and Inductors (LC Circuits)

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