What is an AP Physics C: Mechanics Course

The calculus-based AP Physics C: Mechanics course is a college-level physics course. Kinematics, Newton’s equations of motion, work, energy, and power, particle systems and linear momentum, circular motion and rotation, oscillations, and gravity are all covered.

Prerequisites

Calculus should have been taken concurrently by the students.

Course Content

Unit 1: Kinematics

You’ll start by learning about motion and the numbers that go along with it: location, velocity, acceleration, and time.

Unit 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion

Newton’s laws of motion, which explain the connection between moving objects and the forces acting on them, will be investigated.

Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power

You’ll learn how to define and compute work, energy, and power, as well as the conservation principle as a fundamental physics model.

Unit 4: Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum

You’ll learn about the principles of centre of mass, impulse and momentum, and linear momentum conservation.

Unit 5: Rotation

By studying torque and rotational statics, kinematics, and dynamics, you’ll get a thorough understanding of rotational motion.

Unit 6: Oscillations

You’ll investigate the forces that drive things to move in a predictable fashion.

Unit 7: Gravitation

You’ll look at gravitational forces as well as the connections between planets, satellites, and their orbits.

Exam Pattern

Section 1: Multiple Choice

This portion will consist of 35 questions and will last 45 minutes, accounting for 50 percent of the overall score. 

Individual questions as well as sets of questions that pertain to the same graphic or data presentation are included in the multiple-choice section. You may be asked questions that assess your ability to:

• Visual representations of physical circumstances should be interpreted and described.
• Create a scientific topic or hypothesis that can be tested, and then construct an experiment to test it.
• Examine the data in a graph.
• Determine the link between physical characteristics.
• Use mathematical relationships to solve physics issues.
• Make scientific assertions and back them up with proof.

Section 2: Free Response

This portion will consist of 3 questions and will last 45 minutes, accounting for 50 percent of the overall score. Credit for answers in the free-response part is based on the quality of the solutions and responses displayed, so be careful to show your work.

Some questions need you to defend your response or offer a scientific explanation that contains a claim, evidence, and reasoning. This analysis might take the shape of text, mathematics, computations, diagrams, or graphs, among other things.

An experimental or lab-based component will be included in one of the three questions in this section. You may be asked questions that assess your ability to:

• Visual representations of physical circumstances should be interpreted and described.
• Create a scientific topic or hypothesis that can be tested, and then construct an experiment to test it.
• To depict data and physical conditions, use graphs and diagrams.
• Examine the data in a graph.
• Determine the link between physical characteristics.
• Use mathematical relationships to solve physics issues.
• Provide proof to back up scientific assertions.

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