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- AP Physics C: Mechanics — Question index
- 1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
- 1.3 Representing Motion
- 1.5 Motion in Two or Three 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 Resistive Forces
- 2.10 Circular Motion
- 3.1 Translational Kinetic Energy
- 3.2 Work
- 3.3 Potential Energy
- 3.4 Conservation of Energy
- 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
- 7.1 Defining Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
- 7.2 Frequency and Period of SHM
- 7.4 Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators
- 7.5 Simple and Physical Pendulums
- 1.1 Scalars and Vectors
- 1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
- 1.3 Representing Motion
- 1.4 Reference Frames and Relative Motion
- 1.5 Motion in Two or Three 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 Resistive Forces
- 2.10 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
- 7.5 Simple and Physical Pendulums
- 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
How to use these papers
Do these with symbols only until the very last step. The rubric awards a general expression in its own right, and a solution that substitutes numbers early loses those marks even when the final answer is correct.
Rotational questions are where time goes. Practise setting up moments of inertia as integrals rather than recalling them, because the released questions regularly use a body whose value is not in the table.
Calculus appears as a tool, not as a topic — expect to differentiate a given function or integrate a varying quantity in the middle of a mechanics problem, with no signal that it is coming.