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Conductors and Capacitors

Question 1
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A parallel-plate capacitor has an initial capacitance CCC. If the plate area is doubled and the plate separation is also doubled, what is the new capacitance?

Question 2
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A parallel plate capacitor has charge QQQ and area AAA. If the charge is doubled, what happens to the electric field between the plates?

Question 3
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A parallel-plate capacitor has a capacitance CCC and a voltage VVV across its plates. What is the energy density (energy per unit volume) in the capacitor?

Question 4
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

Which of the following relationships between capacitance CCC, charge QQQ, and voltage VVV is correct?

Question 5
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A parallel-plate capacitor has a plate area of 0.01 m2m^2m2 and a separation of 0.001 m. If the dielectric constant is 1, what is the capacitance?

Question 6
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

How does the energy stored in a capacitor change if the voltage across it is doubled, assuming the capacitance remains constant?

Question 7
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A 2 μ\muμF capacitor is charged to a potential difference of 10 V. How much energy is stored in the capacitor?

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Question 8
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a voltage source. What happens to the capacitance, charge, and voltage when a dielectric material is inserted between the plates while the capacitor remains connected to the voltage source?

Question 9
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

A charged capacitor is disconnected from a battery, and then a dielectric is inserted between its plates. What happens to the energy stored in the capacitor?

Question 10
Physics C: E&M (2025)APExam Style
1 mark

What is the primary function of a capacitor in an electrical circuit?