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Arlington Public Schools Advanced Placement Physics Course Outline Newtonian Mechanics Kinematics including vectors, vector components, coordinates displacement, velocity, acceleration • I-D motion • 2-D motion including projectiles Newtonian Mechanics (Continued) Circular Motion and Rotation • Uniform circular motion • Torque and rotational statics • Rotational kinematics and dynamics • Angular momentum and its conservation Newton’s laws of motion • Static equilibrium • Dynamics of a single particle Oscillations and Gravitation • Systems of two or more objects Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and • Connection between mechanics and energy) dynamics • Mass on a spring • Pendulum Work, energy, and power • Newton’s law of universal • Work and work-energy theorem gravitation • Forces and potential energy • Orbits of planets and satellites-• Conservation of energy circular except for Kepler’s Laws • Power Motion of systems of particles, momentum • Center of mass • Impulse and momentum • Conservation of linear momentum; collisions; explosions Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics Fluid Mechanics • Hydrostatic pressure • Buoyancy • Fluid flow continuity • Bernoulli’s equation Temperature and Heat • Mechanical equivalent of heat • Heat transfer and thermal expansion Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics • Ideal gases; kinetic model; ideal gas law • Laws of thermodynamics; 1st law (PV diagrams included); 2nd law (heat engines included) Electricity and Magnetism Electrostatics • Charge and Coulomb’s law • Electric field and electrical potential; constant; point charges Conductors and capacitors • Electrostatics with conductors • Capacitors; parallel plane; in series and parallel • Dielectric Electric circuits • Resistivity and resistance • Ohm’s Law, current, voltage, and resistance • Steady-state circuits with batteries and resistors • Steady-state capacitor circuits Magnetic fields • Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields • Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields • Magnetic fields around currentcarrying wires Electromagnetism • Electromagnetic induction • Faraday’s law • Lenz’s law Waves and Optics Wave Motion (including sound) • Traveling waves • Wave propagation • Standing waves • Superposition of waves Physical Optics • Interference and diffraction • Dispersion of light and the electromagnetic spectrum Geometric Optics • Reflection and refraction • Mirrors • Lenses • Snell’s law Atomic and Nuclear Physics Atomic physics and quantum effects • Compton scattering • Photons • Photoelectric effect • X-ray diffraction • Atomic energy levels • Wave-particle duality Nuclear Physics • Nuclear reactions with atomic number and atomic mass number conservation • Mass-energy equivalence (E=mc2)
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