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