A problem that involves any type of collision.
What is the Law of Conservation of Momentum?
(p_1+p_2=p_1'+p_2')
The first thing you check for on any graph.
What are the axes?
The direction of centripetal acceleration.
What is towards the center?
The gravitational potential energy of an object.
What is
U_g=mgh
The number of multiple choice questions on the AP Physics 1 exam.
What is 50?
A problem asking about acceleration that doesn't include any forces.
What are kinematic formulas?
The area under the curve on this type of graph is defined as work.
What is a F-d graph?
The direction of the normal force when a roller coaster is moving in a vertical circle and the cart is upside down at the top.
What is down?
Rotational Second Law.
What is
tau=Ialpha
The length of time for the entire AP Physics 1 exam.
What is 3 hours
A problem that has an object with several forces acting on it.
What is draw a free-body diagram then determine the net force formulas?
Method to determine the displacement from a velocity-time graph.
What is determine the area under the line?
When a skater pulls their arms in while spinning, this happens to the rotational inertia.
What is decreases?
Rotational kinetic energy.
What is
KE_r=1/2Iomega^2
The number of FRQ questions on the AP Physics 1 exam.
What is 5?
A problem relating the height and velocity of an object.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
E_"initial"=E_"final"
A straight horizontal line on a velocity-time graph means the velocity is this.
What is constant?
The proportionality between the force of attraction and the distance between two objects.
What is
F_Gpropto1/r^2
Kinematic formula without displacement to solve for final velocity.
What is
v_f=v_0+at
The average number of minutes per multiple choice question on the AP Physics 1 exam.
What is 1 minute and 48 seconds (less than 2 minutes)?
A problem involving a cart moving down a ramp and colliding with another cart at the bottom of the ramp. (note: two parts)
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy THEN the Law of Conservation of Momentum?
Two things you can determine from a displacement vs time graph for an object in SHM.
What is the period (or frequency) and the amplitude (or maximum displacement)?
Angular momentum of a satellite as it moves around a planet in an elliptical orbit.
What is constant?
The angular momentum of an object.
What is
L=mrv OR I*Omega
The FRQ that asks you the same question three ways
What is QQT?