A2L Items Library
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A2L Item 181
Identify the direction of the net force on a current carrying semicircular wire in a uniform B-field. (Goal: Recognizing forces on current elements)
A2L Item 182
Identify the correct statements regarding an astronaut in space. (Goal: Distinguish between mass, gravitational force and weight.)
A2L Item 183
Identify the orientation for which a two block and spring system will jump highest. (Goal: Reason with impulse and energy)
A2L Item 184
Determine the acceleration of a hoop rolling down an incline. (Goal: Problem solving with rotational dynamics)
A2L Item 185
Identify the torque about one end of a uniform rod suspended by two strings of unequal length. (Goal: Reasoning and hone the concept of torque.)
A2L Item 186
Determine the mass of a rod hinged to a wall and supported by a string. (Goal: Problem solve with rotational dynamics)
A2L Item 187
Determine the acceleration of a rolling disk pulled by a string wrapped about its circumference. (Goal: Problem solving)
A2L Item 188
Determine the acceleration of a disk rolling down an incline. (Goal: Problem solving with rotational dynamics)
A2L Item 189
Determine the friction force acting on a disk rolling down an incline. (Goal: Problem solving with dynamics)
A2L Item 190
Identify the work done on a gas during a thermodynamic cycle. (Goal: Hone the concept of work for a thermodynamic system)
A2L Item 191
Identify the correct statement about the comparison of the internal energy of states of a gas. (Goal: Reason with internal energy)
A2L Item 192
Identify the graphical representation of an isobaric compression process. (Goal: Link representations)
A2L Item 193
Determine the heat extracted during one portion of a thermodynamic cycle. (Goal: Problem solving in thermodynamics)
A2L Item 194
Identify the correct assertion regarding process quantities for a thermodynamic cycle. (Goal: Reasoning with thermodynamics)
A2L Item 195
Compare the heat for two different thermodynamic paths between two temperatures. (Goal: Reasoning with thermodynamics)
A2L Item 196
Indicate the situation in which a moving charge in a magnetic field travels the greatest distance. (Goal: Reasoning with magnetic forces)
A2L Item 197
Indicate the situation in which a moving charge in a magnetic field has the largest displacement in time T. (Goal: Reasoning with magnetic forces)
A2L Item 198
Indicate how a negative charge should move in a magnetic field to have a force in the direction specified. (Goal: Honing the right hand rule)
A2L Item 199
Indicate the direction of the electric field at the origin due to two rods. (Goal: Hone the concept of electric field)
A2L Item 200
Identify the correct statement(s) regarding a charged particle in a region having both an electric and magnetic field. (Goal: Distinguishing components of the Lorentz force)
A2L Item 201
Indicate the configurations of uniformly charged rods for which the electric field at the origin is along the x-axis. (Goal: Reason regarding electric fields)
A2L Item 202
Indicate the configurations of uniformly charged rods for which the electric field at the origin has non-zero components in both the x and y directions. (Goal: Reason regarding electric fields)
A2L Item 203
Indicate the charge situation that can account for a specified field constraint. (Goal: Reason regarding electric fields)
A2L Item 204
Identify the induced charge on the surface of a cavity in a conductor. (Goal: Hone the concept of a conductor)
A2L Item 205
Identify the field inside a charge-free cavity lying inside a conductor. (Goal: Hone the concept of a conductor)
A2L Item 206
Identify the total surface charge density on a charged cylindrical conductor with a charged wire lying along its axis. (Goal: Reason regarding induced charges and fields)
A2L Item 207
Compare work done on a charge as it moves along different paths in the presence of other fixed charges. (Goal: Hone the conservative nature of the electrostatic field)
A2L Item 208
Identify points around a physical dipole having zero electric field. (Goal: Hone the concept of electric field)
A2L Item 209
Identify the correct graph of the x-component of the electric field. (Goal: Translate among representations)
A2L Item 210
Identify the correct graph of the x-component of the electric field. (Goal: Relate representations)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number ESI-9730438. The opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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