5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics C 2021
1st Edition
Published on 2. October 2020
352 pages
978-1-260-46711-6 (ISBN)
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MATCHES THE LATEST EXAM!In this hybrid year, let us supplement your AP classroom experience with this easy-to-follow study guide!The immensely popular 5 Steps to a 5 AP Physics C guide has been updated for the 2020-21 school year and now contains:3 full-length practice exams that reflect the latest examUp-to-Date Resources for COVID 19 Exam DisruptionComprehensive overview of the AP Physics 2 exam formatHundreds of practice exercises with thorough answer explanationsUnique 5 steps fundamental quizzes that diagnose your areas of strength and weaknessAuthentic practice questions that reflect both multiple-choice and free-response question types, just like the ones you will see on test dayReview material and proven strategies specific to each section of the test
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction: The Five-Step Program
- STEP 1 Set Up Your Study Program
- 1 How to Approach Your AP Physics Course
- Ignore Your Grade
- Don't Bang Your Head Against a Brick Wall
- Work with Other People
- Ask Questions When Appropriate
- Keep an Even Temper
- Don't Cram
- Never Forget, Physics is "Phun"
- 2 What You Need to Know About the AP Physics C Exams
- Background Information
- Some Frequently Asked Questions About the AP Physics C Exams
- 3 How to Plan Your Time
- What Should I Study?
- Understand Physics First, Then AP Physics C
- A Word About Calculus
- Three Different Study Schedules
- STEP 2 Determine Your Test Readiness
- 4 Fundamentals Quizzes
- Mechanics Quiz
- Electricity and Magnetism Quiz
- Answers to Mechanics Quiz
- Answers to Electricity and Magnetism Quiz
- What Do I Know, and What Don't I Know?
- 5 Take a Diagnostic Test
- Diagnostic Test
- Answers and Explanations
- Interpretation: How Ready Are You?
- STEP 3 Develop Strategies for Success
- 6 Memorizing Equations in the Shower
- Can You Ace This Quiz?
- So, How Did You Do?
- Equations Are Crucial
- What About the Free-Response Section?
- Treat Equations Like Vocabulary
- Answer Key to Practice Quiz
- 7 How to Approach Each Question Type
- How to Approach the Multiple-Choice Section
- How to Approach the Free-Response Section
- Lab Questions
- 8 Extra Drill on Difficult but Frequently Tested Topics
- Tension
- The Answers
- Electric and Magnetic Fields
- The Answers
- Inclined Planes
- The Answers
- Motion Graphs
- The Answers
- Simple Circuits
- The Answers
- STEP 4 Review the Knowledge You Need to Score High
- 9 Free-Body Diagrams and Equilibrium
- What Is a Free-Body Diagram?
- Equilibrium
- Normal Force
- Tension
- Friction
- Inclined Planes
- Torque
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 10 Kinematics
- Introduction to Motion in a Straight Line
- Graphical Analysis of Motion
- Algebraic Analysis of Motion
- What If Acceleration Isn't Constant?
- Air Resistance and the First-Order Differential Equation
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 11 Newton's Second Law, Fnet = ma
- The Four-Step Problem-Solving Process
- Only Net Force Equals ma
- Fnet on Inclines
- Fnet for a Pulley
- Newton's Third Law
- This Chapter Was Not as Easy as You Thought
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 12 Momentum
- Momentum and Impulse
- Conservation of Momentum
- Motion of the Center of Mass
- Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
- Two-Dimensional Collisions
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 13 Energy Conservation
- Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Theorem
- Potential Energy
- Conservation of Energy: Problem-Solving Approach
- Springs
- Power
- Potential Energy vs. Displacement Graphs
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 14 Gravitation and Circular Motion
- Velocity and Acceleration in Circular Motion
- Centripetal Acceleration
- Mass on a String
- Car on a Curve
- Newton's Law of Gravitation
- Kepler's Laws
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 15 Rotational Motion
- Rotational Kinematics
- Rotational Inertia
- Newton's Second Law for Rotation
- Rotational Kinetic Energy
- Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 16 Simple Harmonic Motion
- Amplitude, Period, and Frequency
- Vibrating Mass on a Spring
- Pendulums
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 17 Electrostatics
- Electric Charge
- Electric Fields
- Force of an Electric Field
- Electric Potential
- Special Geometries for Electrostatics
- Gauss's Law
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 18 Circuits
- Current
- Resistance and Ohm's Law
- Resistors in Series and in Parallel
- The V-I-R Chart
- Kirchoff's Laws
- Circuits from an Experimental Point of View
- RC Circuits: Steady-State Behavior
- RC Circuits: Transitional Behavior
- Inductors in Circuits
- Other Circuits
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- 19 Magnetism
- Magnetic Fields
- Long, Straight, Current-Carrying Wires
- Moving Charged Particles
- Mass Spectrometry: More Charges Moving Through Magnetic Fields
- Induced EMF
- The Biot-Savart Law and Ampere's Law
- Practice Problems
- Solutions to Practice Problems
- Rapid Review
- STEP 5 Build Your Test-Taking Confidence
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Questions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Questions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Questions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Questions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Solutions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Solutions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Multiple-Choice Solutions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 1-Free-Response Solutions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Questions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Questions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Questions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Questions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Solutions
- Physics C-Mechanics Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Solutions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Multiple-Choice Solutions
- Physics C-Electricity and Magnetism Practice Exam 2-Free-Response Solutions
- Appendixes
- Constants
- Physics C Equations
- Four-Minute Drill Prompts
- Web Sites
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- The Pantheon of Pizza
