ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITORS
ESTIMATED TIME: 2 WEEKS
Reading Assignment:
Giancoli's 5/6e: Sections 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.7, 17.8 and 19.6
Walker 2e: Sections 20.1 through 20.6 and 21.5
Homework:
Giancoli's 5e, Ch. 17: 9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 23, 37, 41, 49; Ch. 19: 42, 43, 44
Giancoli's 6e, Ch. 17: 10, 12, 16, 21, 24, 26, 37, 40, 52; Ch. 19: 41, 42, 44, 45
Walker 2e Ch. 9: 16, 18, 22, 24, 44, 54; Ch. 21: 51, 53, 54
TEACHING RESOURCES:
- Electric Potential
- Parallel-Plate Capacitors
- Circuits with Capacitors
LAB 17. Equipotential Lines and Electric Fields
Objectives: To map both the potentials and the electric fields around
a system of two-dimensional charged conductors.
Equipment: Field mapper kit
Type of Lab: Teacher directed
- Potential Energy and Potential
- Capacitors
KEY ITEMS:
• The concept of potential is a difficult one for the students. It is
important to clarify that the electric field and electric potential of
source charges exist in space and that they are independent of
the presence of a test charge.
• The following are terms that are often misinterpreted.:
- electric potential and electric potential energy
- electric potential and potential difference.
AP PAST EXAMINATIONS
Electrostatics, Capacitance
Multiple-Choice:
84MC 15,16,17,19,20,24,25,54,59; 88MC14,16,17,20,54,57,59;
93MC17,68,70; 98MC13,14,17,18,64,70
Free-Response:
80B5bc,81B3,83B3,85B3,87B2,88B3,89B2,90B2abcd,98B2,99B2,
00B3,01B3,02bB3,02bB5,03bB4,05B3, 05Bb3,06B3,06Bb3
