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College Board AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based physics-1-algebra-based
119 points in 8 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.
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1 Kinematics
- 1.1 Scalars and Vectors in One Dimension
- 1.1.A Scalars and vectors
- 1.1.B Vector sums in one dimension
- 1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
- 1.2.A Change in position
- 1.2.B Average velocity and acceleration
- 1.3 Representing Motion
- 1.3.A Representations of motion
- 1.4 Reference Frames and Relative Motion
- 1.4.A Reference frames
- 1.4.B Motion in different inertial reference frames
- 1.5 Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions
- 1.5.A Perpendicular components of a vector
- 1.5.B Motion in two dimensions
2 Force and Translational Dynamics
- 2.1 Systems and Center of Mass
- 2.1.A Properties and interactions of a system
- 2.1.B Centre of mass
- 2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams
- 2.2.A Forces as interactions
- 2.2.B Free-body diagrams
- 2.3 Newton’s Third Law
- 2.3.A Newton’s third law
- 2.4 Newton’s First Law
- 2.4.A Conditions for constant velocity
- 2.5 Newton’s Second Law
- 2.5.A Conditions for changing velocity
- 2.6 Gravitational Force
- 2.6.A Gravitational interaction between masses
- 2.6.B When gravitational force is constant
- 2.6.C Apparent weight
- 2.6.D Inertial and gravitational mass
- 2.7 Kinetic and Static Friction
- 2.7.A Kinetic friction
- 2.7.B Static friction
- 2.8 Spring Forces
- 2.8.A Ideal spring forces
- 2.9 Circular Motion
- 2.9.A Circular motion
- 2.9.B Circular orbits and Kepler’s third law
3 Work, Energy, and Power
4 Linear Momentum
- 4.1 Linear Momentum
- 4.1.A Linear momentum
- 4.2 Change in Momentum and Impulse
- 4.2.A Impulse
- 4.2.B Impulse and change in momentum
- 4.3 Conservation of Linear Momentum
- 4.3.A Conservation of linear momentum
- 4.3.B System choice and momentum change
- 4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
- 4.4.A Elastic and inelastic collisions
5 Torque and Rotational Dynamics
- 5.1 Rotational Kinematics
- 5.1.A Angular displacement, velocity and acceleration
- 5.2 Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion
- 5.2.A Linking linear and rotational motion
- 5.3 Torque
- 5.3.A Identifying torques
- 5.3.B Describing torques
- 5.4 Rotational Inertia
- 5.4.A Rotational inertia
- 5.4.B Rotational inertia about an off-centre axis
- 5.5 Rotational Equilibrium and Newton’s First Law in Rotational Form
- 5.5.A Conditions for constant angular velocity
- 5.6 Newton’s Second Law in Rotational Form
- 5.6.A Conditions for changing angular velocity
6 Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems
- 6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy
- 6.1.A Rotational kinetic energy
- 6.2 Torque and Work
- 6.2.A Work done by torques
- 6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse
- 6.3.A Angular momentum
- 6.3.B Angular impulse
- 6.3.C Angular impulse and change in angular momentum
- 6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum
- 6.4.A Conservation of angular momentum
- 6.4.B System choice and angular momentum change
- 6.5 Rolling
- 6.5.A Energy of rolling systems
- 6.5.B Rolling without slipping
- 6.5.C Rolling with slipping
- 6.6 Motion of Orbiting Satellites
- 6.6.A Motion of two gravitationally bound objects
7 Oscillations
8 Fluids
- 8.1 Internal Structure and Density
- 8.1.A Properties of fluids
- 8.2 Pressure
- 8.2.A Pressure from a force
- 8.2.B Fluid pressure
- 8.3 Fluids and Newton’s Laws
- 8.3.A Conditions for changing fluid velocity
- 8.3.B Buoyant force
- 8.4 Fluids and Conservation Laws
- 8.4.A Continuity of incompressible flow
- 8.4.B Fluid flow and energy differences