Preview Cracking the AP physics c exam proven techniques to help you score a 5 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 C Exam

The Structure of the AP Physics C Exam

How the AP Physics C Exam Is Scored

Overview of Content Topics

How AP Exams Are Used

Other Resources

Designing Your Study Plan

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

1 How to Approach Multiple-Choice Questions

2 How to Approach Free-Response Questions

3 Using Time Effectively to Maximize Points

Reflect

Part V: Content Review for the AP Physics C Exam

4 Vectors

Introduction

Definition

Vector Addition (Geometric)

Scalar Multiplication

Vector Subtraction (Geometric)

Standard Basis Vectors

Vector Operations Using Components

Magnitude of a Vector

Direction of a Vector

The Dot Product

The Cross Product

5 Kinematics

Introduction

Position, Distance, and Displacement

Speed and Velocity

Acceleration

Uniformly Accelerated Motion and the Big Five Kinematics with Graphs

Free Fall

Projectile Motion

Chapter 5 Drill

Summary

6 Newton’s Laws

Introduction

The First Law

The Second Law

The Third Law

Weight

The Normal Force

Friction

Pulleys

Inclined Planes

Uniform Circular Motion

Chapter 6 Drill

Summary

7 Work, Energy, and Power

Introduction

Work

Kinetic Energy

The Work–Energy Theorem

Potential Energy

Conservation of Mechanical Energy Potential Energy Curves

Power

Chapter 7 Drill

Summary

8 Linear Momentum

Impulse

Conservation of Linear Momentum

Collisions

Center of Mass

Chapter 8 Drill

Summary

9 Rotational Motion

Introduction

Rotational Kinematics

The Big Five for Rotational Motion

Rotational Dynamics

Kinetic Energy of Rotation

Work and Power

Angular Momentum

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Equilibrium

Chapter 9 Drill

Summary

10 Laws of Gravitation

Kepler’s Laws

Newton’s Law of Gravitation

The Gravitational Attraction Due to an Extended Body Gravitational Potential Energy

Proving the Equation

Orbits of the Planets

Chapter 10 Drill

11 Oscillations

Introduction

Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): The Spring–Block Oscillator The Kinematics of Simple Harmonic Motion

The Spring–Block Oscillator: Vertical Motion

The Sinusoidal Description of Simple Harmonic Motion

Pendula

Chapter 11 Drill

Summary

12 Electric Forces and Fields

Introduction

Coulomb’s Law

The Electric Field

Conductors and Insulators

Gauss’s Law

Chapter 12 Drill

Summary

13 Electric Potential and Capacitance

Introduction

Electrical Potential Energy

The Potential of a Sphere

The Potential of a Cylinder

Chapter 13 Drill

Summary

14 Direct Current Circuits

Introduction

Electric Current

Electric Circuits

Resistance–Capacitance (RC) Circuits

Chapter 14 Drill

Summary

15 Magnetic Forces and Fields

Introduction

The Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge

The Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire Magnetic Fields Created by Current-Carrying Wires The Biot–Savart Law

Ampere’s Law

Chapter 15 Drill

Summary

16 Electromagnetic Induction

Introduction

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Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction

Inductance

Maxwell’s Equations

Chapter 16 Drill

Summary

17 Chapter Drills: Answers and Explanations

Part VI: Practice Test 2

Practice Test 2

Practice Test 2: Answers and Explanations

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