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AP Physics C: Mechanics is a one-semester, calculus-based, college-level physics course, especially appropriate for students planning to specialize or major in one of the physical sciences or engineering. Students cultivate their understanding of physics through classroom study and activities as well as hands-on laboratory work as they explore concepts like change, force interactions, fields, and conservation.
PREREQUISITES
Students should have taken or be concurrently taking calculus.
COURSE UNITS AND EXAM WEIGHTING
The course content is organized into seven commonly taught units, which have been arranged in the following suggested, logical sequence:
Unit
Exam Weighting (Multiple-Choice Section)
Unit 1: Kinematics
14%–20%
Unit 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion
17%–23%
Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power
14%–17%
Unit 4: Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum
14%–17%
Unit 5: Rotation
14%–20%
Unit 6: Oscillations
6%–14%
Unit 7: Gravitation
6%–14%
COURSE AT A GLANCE
Kinematics
Kinematics: Motion in One Dimension
Kinematics: Motion in Two Dimensions
Newton's Law of Motion
Newton's Law of Motion: First and Second Law
Circular Motion
Newton's Law of Motion: Third Law
Work, Energy, and Power
Work-Energy Theorem
Force and Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy
Power
Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum
Center of Mass
Impulse and Momentum
Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions
Rotation
Torque and Rotational Statics
Rotational Kinematics
Rotational Dynamics and Energy
Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
Oscillations
Simple Harmonic Motion, Springs, and Pendulums
Gravitation
Gravitational Forces
Orbit of Planets and Satellites
SCIENCE PRACTICES
Science Practice
Description
Exam W. (MC)
Exam W. (FR)
1. Visual Representations
Analyze and/or use representations of physical situations, excluding graphs.
14%–17%
4%–7%
2. Question and Method
Determine scientific questions and methods.
3%–6%
6%–11%
3. Representing Data and Phenomena
Create visual representations or models of physical situations.
Not assessed in the multiple-choice section
13%-20%
4. Data Analysis
Analyze quantitative data represented in graphs.
14%–17%
8%–13%
5. Theoretical Relationships
Determine the effects on a quantity when another quantity or the physical situation changes.
25%–34%
20%–24%
6. Mathematical Routines
Solve problems of physical situations using mathematical relationships.
14%–20%
20%–24%
7. Argumentation
Develop an explanation or scientific argument.
14%–20%
11%–18%
AP PHYSICS C: MECHANICS EXAM STRUCTURE
The exam is 1 hour and 30 minutes long and includes 35 multiple choice questions and 3 free-response questions. A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed on both sections of the exam.
■ All Science Practices are assessed ■ One of the three questions will include an experimental or labbased component. ■ Each question is worth 15 points each.
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