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10.1 – Describing Fields

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10.1.1 – Gravitational Fields

10.1.2 – Electrostatic Fields

Definitions to Memorize*

 

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Gravitational Potential at a Point
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Work done per unit mass when bringing a test mass from infinity to the point

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Video 10.1.1

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Electric potential at a point
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Work done per unit charge when moving a test charge from infinity to the point.

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Video 10.1.2

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* The terms and concepts above have directly come up on past IB Physics exams from May 2016 onwards. 

Directly in this context  means that the answer to a Paper 1 or Paper 2 question was the definition of the term or concept or that the answer could be deduced directly from the definition.  Therefore, this list might be helpful when you are deciding what to memorize for your IB Physics exams.

To see a complete list of definitions from all topics along with the number of times the term/concept occured on exams since May 2016, click on the link below:

All Definitions from Past IB Exams (pdf)

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