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- AP Physics 1 — Question index
- 1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
- 1.3 Representing Motion
- 1.5 Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
- 2.1 Systems and Center of Mass
- 2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
- 2.3 Newton's Third Law
- 2.4 Newton's First Law
- 2.5 Newton's Second Law
- 2.6 Gravitational Force
- 2.7 Kinetic and Static Friction
- 2.8 Spring Forces
- 2.9 Circular Motion
- 3.1 Translational Kinetic Energy
- 3.3 Potential Energy
- 3.4 Conservation of Energy
- 3.5 Power
- 4.1 Linear Momentum
- 4.2 Change in Momentum and Impulse
- 4.3 Conservation of Linear Momentum
- 4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
- 5.1 Rotational Kinematics
- 5.2 Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion
- 5.3 Torque
- 5.4 Rotational Inertia
- 5.5 Rotational Equilibrium and Newton's First Law in Rotational Form
- 5.6 Newton's Second Law in Rotational Form
- 6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy
- 6.2 Torque and Work
- 6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
- 6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
- 6.5 Rolling
- 7.2 Frequency and Period of SHM
- 7.3 Representing and Analyzing SHM
- 7.4 Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
- 8.1 Internal Structure and Density
- 8.2 Pressure
- 8.3 Fluids and Newton's Laws
- 8.4 Fluids and Conservation Laws
- 1.1 Scalars and Vectors in One Dimension
- 1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
- 1.3 Representing Motion
- 1.4 Reference Frames and Relative Motion
- 1.5 Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
- 2.1 Systems and Center of Mass
- 2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
- 2.3 Newton's Third Law
- 2.4 Newton's First Law
- 2.5 Newton's Second Law
- 2.6 Gravitational Force
- 2.7 Kinetic and Static Friction
- 2.8 Spring Forces
- 2.9 Circular Motion
- 3.1 Translational Kinetic Energy
- 3.2 Work
- 3.3 Potential Energy
- 3.4 Conservation of Energy
- 3.5 Power
- 4.1 Linear Momentum
- 4.2 Change in Momentum and Impulse
- 4.3 Conservation of Linear Momentum
- 4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
- 5.1 Rotational Kinematics
- 5.2 Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion
- 5.3 Torque
- 5.4 Rotational Inertia
- 5.5 Rotational Equilibrium and Newton's First Law in Rotational Form
- 5.6 Newton's Second Law in Rotational Form
- 6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy
- 6.2 Torque and Work
- 6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
- 6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
- 6.5 Rolling
- 6.6 Motion of Orbiting Satellites
- 7.1 Defining Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
- 7.2 Frequency and Period of SHM
- 7.3 Representing and Analyzing SHM
- 7.4 Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
- 8.1 Internal Structure and Density
- 8.2 Pressure
- 8.3 Fluids and Newton's Laws
- 8.4 Fluids and Conservation Laws
- Complete pack — exercise sheets + past papers
- 1 Kinematics — Part 1
- 1 Kinematics — Part 2
- 2 Force and Translational Dynamics — Part 1
- 2 Force and Translational Dynamics — Part 2
- 3 Work, Energy, and Power — Part 1
- 3 Work, Energy, and Power — Part 2
- 4 Linear Momentum — Part 1
- 4 Linear Momentum — Part 2
- 5 Torque and Rotational Dynamics — Part 1
- 5 Torque and Rotational Dynamics — Part 2
- 6 Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems — Part 1
- 6 Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems — Part 2
- 7 Oscillations — Part 1
- 7 Oscillations — Part 2
- 8 Fluids — Part 1
- 8 Fluids — Part 2
How to use these papers
Released free-response questions come with their scoring guidelines, and for this course the guidelines are the more useful document. They show how much credit a justification earns relative to the algebra, which is usually the opposite of what students assume.
Work each question, then rewrite your answer to lead with the principle rather than the equation. "Because momentum is conserved and no external horizontal force acts…" is the sentence the rubric is looking for, and it is a habit built by rewriting, not by reading.
Older released papers predate the current unit structure in places, so treat an unfamiliar-looking question as extra reasoning practice rather than as a gap in your revision.