STEP1SetUpYourStudyProgram
1HowtoApproachYourAPPhysicsCourse
IgnoreYourGrade
Don'tBangYourHeadAgainstaBrickWall
WorkwithOtherPeople
AskQuestionsWhenAppropriate
KeepanEvenTemper
Don'tCram
NeverForget,Physicsis"Phun,"
2WhatYouNeedtoKnowAbouttheAPPhysicsExam
BackgroundInformation
SomeFrequentlyAskedQuestionsAbouttheAPPhysicsB&CExams
3HowtoPlanYourTime
SpecificAdviceforPhysicsBStudents:WhatShouldIStudy?
ImportantAdviceforPhysicsCStudents
CalendarforEachPlan
STEP2DetermineYourTestReadiness
4FundamentalsQuizzes
MechanicsQuiz
ThermodynamicsandFluidMechanicsQuiz
ElectricityandMagnetismQuiz
Waves,Optics,AtomicandNuclearPhysicsQuiz
AnswerstoMechanicsQuiz
AnswerstoThermodynamicsandFluidMechanicsQuiz
AnswerstoElectricityandMagnetismQuiz
AnswerstoWaves,Optics,andAtomicandNuclearPhysicsQuiz
WhatDoIKnow,andWhatDon'tIKnow?
5TakeaDiagnosticTest
DiagnosticTest
AnswersandExplanations
Interpretation:HowReadyAreYou?
STEP3DevelopStrategiesforSuccess
6MemorizingEquationsintheShower
CanYouAceThisQuiz?
So,HowDidYouDo?
EquationsAreCrucial
WhatAbouttheFree-ResponseSection?
TreatEquationsLikeVocabulary
AnswerKeytoPracticeQuiz
7HowtoApproachEachQuestionType
HowtoApproachtheMultiple-ChoiceSection
HowtoApproachtheFree-ResponseSection
LabQuestions
8ExtraDrillonDifficultbutFrequentlyTestedTopics
Tension
TheAnswers
ElectricandMagneticFields
TheAnswers
InclinedPlanes
TheAnswers
MotionGraphs
TheAnswers
SimpleCircuits
TheAnswers
STEP4ReviewtheKnowledgeYouNeedtoScoreHigh
9ABitAboutVectors
Scalars
VectorBasics
GraphicRepresentationofVectors
VectorComponents
AddingVectors
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
10Free-BodyDiagramsandEquilibrium
WhatIsaFree-BodyDiagram?
Equilibrium
NormalForce
Tension
Friction
InclinedPlanes
Torque
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
11Kinematics
Velocity,Acceleration,andDisplacement
FundamentalKinematicsEquations
KinematicsProblem-Solving
Freefall
ProjectileMotion
MotionGraphs
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
12Newton'sSecondLaw,Fnet=ma
TheFour-StepProblem-SolvingProcess
OnlyNetForceEqualsma
FNETonInclines
FNETforaPulley
Newton'sThirdLaw
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
13Momentum
MomentumandImpulse
ConservationofMomentum
ElasticandInelasticCollisions
Two-DimensionalCollisions
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
14EnergyConservation
KineticEnergyandtheWork-EnergyTheorem
PotentialEnergy
ConservationofEnergy:Problem-SolvingApproach
Springs
Power
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
15GravitationandCircularMotion
VelocityandAccelerationinCircularMotion
CentripetalAcceleration
MassonaString
CaronaCurve
Newton'sLawofGravitation
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
16RotationalMotion(forPhysicsCStudentsOnly)
RotationalKinematics
MomentofInertia
Newton'sSecondLawforRotation
RotationalKineticEnergy
AngularMomentumandItsConservation
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
17SimpleHarmonicMotion
Amplitude,Period,andFrequency
VibratingMassonaSpring
SimplePendulums
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
RapidReview
18Thermodynamics(forPhysicsBStudentsOnly)
Heat,Temperature,andPower
ThermalExpansion
IdealGasLaw
KineticTheoryofGases
FirstLawofThermodynamics
PVDiagrams
HeatEnginesandtheSecondLawofThermodynamics
Entropy
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
19FluidMechanics(forPhysicsBStudentsOnly)
PressureandDensity
PressureinaStaticFluidColumn
BuoyancyandArchimedes'Principle
Pascal'sPrinciple
FlowingFluids
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
20Electrostatics
ElectricCharge
ElectricFields
ForceofanElectricField
ElectricPotential
SpecialGeometriesforElectrostatics
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
21Circuits
Current
ResistanceandOhm'sLaw
ResistorsinSeriesandinParallel
TheV-I-RChart
Kirchoff'sLaws
CircuitsfromanExperimentalPointofView
RCCircuits:Steady-StateBehavior
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
22Magnetism
MagneticFields
Long,Straight,Current-CarryingWires
MovingChargedParticles
MassSpectrometry:MoreChargesMovingthroughMagneticFields
InducedEMF
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
23Waves
TransverseandLongitudinalWaves
Interference
StandingWaves
DopplerEffect
ElectromagneticWaves
SingleandDoubleSlits
IndexofRefraction
OfSpecialInteresttoPhysicsCStudents
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
24Optics(forPhysicsBStudentsOnly)
Snell'sLaw
Mirrors
Lenses
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
25AtomicandNuclearPhysics(forPhysicsBStudentsOnly)
SubatomicParticles
TheElectron-Volt
EnergyLevelsinanAtom
MomentumofaPhoton
deBroglieWavelength
ThreeTypesofNuclearDecayProcesses
E=mc2
PracticeProblems
SolutionstoPracticeProblems
RapidReview
STEP5BuildYourTest-TakingConfidence
PhysicsB-PracticeExam-Multiple-ChoiceQuestions
PhysicsB-PracticeExam-Free-ResponseQuestions
PhysicsB-PracticeExam-Multiple-ChoiceSolutions
PhysicsB-PracticeExam-Free-ResponseSolutions
PhysicsC-MechanicsPracticeExam-Multiple-ChoiceQuestions
PhysicsC-MechanicsPracticeExam-Free-ResponseQuestions
PhysicsC-ElectricityandMagnetismPracticeExam-Multiple-ChoiceQuestions
PhysicsC-ElectricityandMagnetismPracticeExam-Free-ResponseQuestions
PhysicsC-MechanicsPracticeExam-Multiple-ChoiceSolutions
PhysicsC-ElectricityandMagnetismPracticeExam-Multiple-ChoiceSolutions
PhysicsC-PracticeExam-Free-ResponseSolutions
Appendixes
Constants
PhysicsBEquations
PhysicsCEquations
Four-MinuteDrillPrompts
WebSites
Glossary
Bibliography
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