AP Physics C Mechanics

Unit 1: Kinematics

• 1.1 Kinematics: Motion in One Dimension

• 1.2 Kinematics: Motion in Two Dimensions

Unit 2: Newton’s Laws of Motion

• 2.1 Newton’s Laws of Motion

• 2.2 Circular Motion

• 2.3 Newton’s Laws of Motion

Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power

• 3.1 Work-Energy Theorem

• 3.2 Force and potential energy

• 3.3 Conservation of energy

• 3.4 Power

Unit 4: Systems of Particles and Linear Momentum

• 4.1 Center of Mass

• 4.2 Impulse and Momentum

• 4.3 Conservation of linear momentum, collisions

Unit 5: Rotation

• 5.1 Torque and rotational statics

• 5.2 Rotational Kinematics

• 5.3 Rotational Dynamics and Energy

• 5.4 Angular Momentum and Its Conservation

Unit 6: Oscillations

• 6.1 Simple harmonic motion, springs, and pendulums

Unit 7: Gravitation

• 7.1 Gravitational Forces

• 7.2 Orbits of Planets and Satellites