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Flashcards for AP Physics C: Mechanics, split into the seven units of the Course and Exam Description in order, then by topic. This is the calculus-based course: cards cover derivations, differential equations and integrals as well as the physics. Equation cards say whether the formula is on the AP Physics C: Mechanics equation sheet or has to be recalled.

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  • Unit 1: Kinematics72 cards
    • 1.1 Scalars and vectors19 cards
    • 1.2 Displacement, velocity and acceleration21 cards
    • 1.3 Representing motion11 cards
    • 1.4 Reference frames and relative motion9 cards
    • 1.5 Motion in two or three dimensions12 cards
  • Unit 2: Force and Translational Dynamics147 cards
    • 2.1 Systems and centre of mass15 cards
    • 2.2 Forces and free-body diagrams12 cards
    • 2.3 Newton's third law12 cards
    • 2.4 Newton's first law9 cards
    • 2.5 Newton's second law10 cards
    • 2.6 Gravitational force30 cards
    • 2.7 Kinetic and static friction14 cards
    • 2.8 Spring forces10 cards
    • 2.9 Resistive forces13 cards
    • 2.10 Circular motion22 cards
  • Unit 3: Work, Energy, and Power80 cards
    • 3.1 Translational kinetic energy9 cards
    • 3.2 Work22 cards
    • 3.3 Potential energy20 cards
    • 3.4 Conservation of energy17 cards
    • 3.5 Power12 cards
  • Unit 4: Linear Momentum64 cards
    • 4.1 Linear momentum14 cards
    • 4.2 Change in momentum and impulse17 cards
    • 4.3 Conservation of linear momentum16 cards
    • 4.4 Elastic and inelastic collisions17 cards
  • Unit 5: Torque and Rotational Dynamics75 cards
    • 5.1 Rotational kinematics17 cards
    • 5.2 Connecting linear and rotational motion9 cards
    • 5.3 Torque14 cards
    • 5.4 Rotational inertia17 cards
    • 5.5 Rotational equilibrium and Newton's first law in rotational form9 cards
    • 5.6 Newton's second law in rotational form9 cards
  • Unit 6: Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems67 cards
    • 6.1 Rotational kinetic energy8 cards
    • 6.2 Torque and work8 cards
    • 6.3 Angular momentum and angular impulse15 cards
    • 6.4 Conservation of angular momentum11 cards
    • 6.5 Rolling10 cards
    • 6.6 Motion of orbiting satellites15 cards
  • Unit 7: Oscillations66 cards
    • 7.1 Defining simple harmonic motion10 cards
    • 7.2 Frequency and period of SHM9 cards
    • 7.3 Representing and analysing SHM20 cards
    • 7.4 Energy of simple harmonic oscillators11 cards
    • 7.5 Simple and physical pendulums16 cards

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  • What does Newton's law of universal gravitation state?
    Every pair of masses pulls on each other with a force that grows with the product of the two masses and shrinks with the square of the distance separating their centres
  • In the object model used to analyse motion, what properties of a body are ignored?
    Its size, shape and internal structure; it is treated as a single point with properties such as mass
  • Which component of a force exerted on a rigid system produces torque about a given axis?
    Only the component perpendicular to the position vector from the axis of rotation to the point where the force is applied
  • What kind of energy can a system composed of only a single object have?
    Kinetic energy only
  • Unbalanced forces
    Forces on a system that do not cancel out, so their vector sum is nonzero
  • When an object rolls, how does its total kinetic energy relate to its translational and rotational kinetic energies?
    It is their sum: Ktot=Ktrans+KrotK_{tot}=K_{trans}+K_{rot}
  • How far, in radians, a point on a rigid system has turned about a chosen axis
    Angular displacement
  • What equation gives the magnitude of the angular momentum of a rigid system rotating about a specific axis, in terms of rotational inertia?
    L=IωL = I\omega
  • What kind of motion is simple harmonic motion a special case of?
    Periodic motion
  • What is the total angular momentum of a system about an axis, in terms of its constituent parts?
    The sum of the angular momenta of the system's constituent parts about that axis

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