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AP Physics 2011-2012 Content Standards Newtonian Mechanics Kinematics (including vectors, vector algebra, components of vectors, coordinate systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration) Motion in one dimension Motion in two dimensions, including projectile motion Newton’s laws of motion Static equilibrium (first law) Dynamics of a single particle (second law) Systems of two or more objects (third law) Work, energy, power Work and work–energy theorem Forces and potential energy Conservation of energy Power Systems of particles, linear momentum Impulse and momentum Conservation of linear momentum, collisions Circular motion and rotation Uniform circular motion Torque and rotational statics Oscillations and gravitation Simple harmonic motion (dynamics and energy relationships) Mass on a spring Pendulum and other oscillations Newton’s law of gravity Orbits of planets and satellites 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 First law (including processes on PV diagrams) Second law (including heat engines) Electricity and Magnetism Electrostatics Charge and Coulomb’s law Electric field and electric potential (including point charges) Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics Electrostatics with conductors Capacitors Capacitance Parallel plate Electric circuits Current, resistance, power Steady-state direct current circuits with batteries and resistors only Capacitors in circuits Magnetic Fields Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields Fields of long current-carrying wires Electromagnetism Electromagnetic induction (including Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law) Waves and Optics Wave motion (including sound) Traveling waves Wave propagation Standing waves Superposition Physical optics Interference and diffraction Dispersion of light and the electromagnetic spectrum Geometric optics Reflection and refraction Mirrors Lenses Atomic and Nuclear Physics Atomic physics and quantum effects Photons, the photoelectric effect, Compton scattering, x-rays Atomic energy levels Wave-particle duality Nuclear physics Nuclear reactions (including conservation of mass number and charge) Mass–energy equivalent AP Physics 2011-2012 Content Standards