Preview Cracking the AP Physics 1 Exam 2018, Premium Edition by Review, Princeton (2017)

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Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Acknowledgments

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Part I: Using This Book to Improve Your AP Score

Preview: Your Knowledge, Your Expectations

Your Guide to Using This Book

How to Begin

Part II: Practice Test 1

Practice Test 1

Practice Test 1: Answers and Explanations

Part III: About the AP Physics 1 Exam

The Structure of the AP Physics 1 Exam

A Quick Word About Equations

How AP Exams Are Used

Other Resources

Designing Your Study Plan

Part IV: Test-Taking Strategies for the AP Physics 1 Exam

Preview

1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions

2 How to Approach Free-Response Questions

Reflect

Part V: Content Review for the AP Physics 1 Exam

3 Vectors

Definition

Scalar Multiplication

Vector Subtraction

Two-Dimensional Vectors

Vector Operations Using Components

Magnitude of a Vector

Direction of a Vector

Chapter 3 Review Questions

Summary

4 Kinematics

Position

Displacement

Looking at Distance vs Time Graphs

Speed and Velocity

Acceleration

Uniformly Accelerated Motion and the Big Five Additional Kinematic Graphical Aspects

Qualitative Graphing

Free Fall

Projectile Motion

Chapter 4 Review Questions

5 Newton’s Laws

Introduction to Forces

Newton’s First Law

Newton’s Second Law

Newton’s Third Law

Newton’s Laws: A Summary

Weight

Normal Force

An Overall Strategy

Friction

Pulleys

Inclined Planes

Chapter 5 Review Questions

Summary

6 Work, Energy, and Power

Energy: An Overview

Work

Work at an Angle

Work Done by a Variable Force

Kinetic Energy

The Work–Energy Theorem

Potential Energy

Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Conservation of Energy with Nonconservative Forces Power

Chapter 6 Review Questions

7 Linear Momentum

Introduction to Momentum

What is Momentum?

Impulse

Conservation of Linear Momentum

Collisions

Chapter 7 Review Questions

Summary

8 Uniform Circular Motion, Newton’s Law of Gravitation, and

Rotational Motion

Uniform Circular Motion

Newton’s Law of Gravitation

Banking

Rotational Motion

Center of Mass

Torque

Equilibrium

Rotational Inertia

Chapter 8 Review Questions

Summary

9 Oscillations

Simple Harmonic Motion

The Spring-Block Oscillator: Vertical Motion

Pendulums

Chapter 9 Review Questions

Summary

10 Waves

Transverse Traveling Waves

Wave Speed on a Stretched String

Superposition of Waves

Standing Waves

Sound Waves

Resonance for Sound Waves

The Doppler Effect

Chapter 10 Review Questions

Summary

11 Electric Forces and Fields

Electric Charge

Coulomb’s Law

The Electric Field

Chapter 11 Review Questions

Summary

12 Direct Current Circuits

Electric Current

Resistance

Voltage

Electric Circuits

Circuit Analysis

Chapter 12 Review Questions

Summary

13 Answers and Explanations to the Chapter Review Questions

Part VI: More Practice Tests

Practice Test 2

Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations Practice Test 3

Practice Test 3: Answers and Explanations Practice Test 4

Practice Test 4: Answers and Explanations

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