Unit 8 Overview: Electric Charge and Electric Force
1 min readβ’september 9, 2021
Peter Apps
Peter Apps
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Electricity is everywhere, powering our daily lives. While difficult to visualize, the basics of electricity rely on the idea of electric charge and the interactions of charged objects.
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This unit introduces the concepts of electric charge and electric force. These concepts serve as the basis for developing electric circuits in Unit 9 as well as being foundational to the magnetism topics in AP Physics 2. These topics will account for ~4-5% of the AP exam questions and will take approximately 3-5 45 minute class periods to cover.
Applicable Big Ideas in Unit 8
- Big Idea #1: Systems - Objects and systems have properties such as mass and charge. Systems may have an internal structure.
- Big Idea #3: Force Interactions - The interactions of an object with other objects can be described by forces.
- Big Idea #5: Conservation - Changes that occur as a result of interactions are constrained by conservation laws.
Key Concepts for Unit 8
- Charge (q)
- Electrostatic Force (Fe)
- Conservation of Charge
- Proton, Electron, Neutron
Key Equations for Electric Charge & Electric Force
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