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published by American Association of Physics Teachers
The AAPT Physics Bowl is an annual contest sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers to generate interest in physics and to recognize outstanding high school physics students and their teachers.  The exam consists of forty multiple choice questions and has a time limit of forty-five minutes.

The AAPT provides a CD with the 2001-2006 Physics Bowl exams with answers.

Copies of the 1994-2000 Physics Bowl exams have been provided here by the AAPT in the form of Adobe Acrobat .PDF files. The answers are provided at the end of each exam.  The current exam may no longer be given in the format of the exams listed below. The CD available from the AAPT Store has the most recent format.


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  Access Rights: Available for purchase - The 1994-2000 exams provided here by the AAPT are free. The CD with the exams from 2001-2006 has an associated cost.
  Restriction: Copyright 2006: Copyright, AAPT
  Record Creator: Metadata Instance Creation Date Oct 16, 2003 by Bruce Mason
  Last Record Update: Nov 29, 2006 by Lyle Barbato
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November 29, 2006
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AIP Format
AAPT Physics Bowl Exams (American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, 2006), WWW Document, (http://www.aapt.org/Store/description.cfm?ID=CD-PBER&Category=All&Type=All&Level=All&Keywords=).
APA Format
AAPT Physics Bowl Exams. (2006, November 29). Retrieved July 24, 2008, from American Association of Physics Teachers: http://www.aapt.org/Store/description.cfm?ID=CD-PBER&Category=All&Type=All&Level=All&Keywords=
Chicago Format
American Association of Physics Teachers. AAPT Physics Bowl Exams. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, November 29, 2006. http://www.aapt.org/Store/description.cfm?ID=CD-PBER&Category=All&Type=All&Level=All&Keywords= (accessed 24 July 2008).
MLA Format
AAPT Physics Bowl Exams. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, 2006. 29 Nov. 2006. 24 July 2008 <http://www.aapt.org/Store/description.cfm?ID=CD-PBER&Category=All&Type=All&Level=All&Keywords=>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {AAPT Physics Bowl Exams}, Publisher = {American Association of Physics Teachers}, Volume = {2008}, Number = {24 July 2008}, Month = {November 29, 2006}, Year = {2006} }
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