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AP Physics 1 Units

All eight units of the AP Physics 1 course framework, with approximate exam weighting and topic counts. The 2024 redesign reorganized rotational content across two units (Torque and Rotational Dynamics, then Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems) and added Fluids as a new tested unit. Approximate weightings are from the College Board Course and Exam Description (see also the formula sheet); exact weightings vary year to year.

1

Kinematics

~10-15% of exam · 5 topics

Position, velocity, and acceleration in one and two dimensions. Vectors and scalars, motion graphs, frames of reference, projectile motion.

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2

Force and Translational Dynamics

~18-23% of exam · 9 topics

Newton's three laws, systems and center of mass, free-body diagrams, gravity, friction, springs, and circular motion.

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3

Work, Energy, and Power

~18-23% of exam · 5 topics

Translational kinetic energy, work, gravitational and elastic potential energy, conservation of energy, and power.

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4

Linear Momentum

~10-15% of exam · 4 topics

Impulse, momentum, and conservation in collisions and explosions.

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5

Torque and Rotational Dynamics

~10-15% of exam · 6 topics

Angular kinematics, torque, rotational inertia, and the rotational analog of Newton's second law.

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Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems

~5-8% of exam · 6 topics

Rotational kinetic energy and conservation of angular momentum.

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Oscillations

~5-8% of exam · 4 topics

Simple harmonic motion for springs and pendulums, period and frequency.

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Fluids

~10-15% of exam · 4 topics

Density, pressure, buoyancy, continuity, and Bernoulli's equation. New to AP Physics 1 in the 2024 redesign.

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The whole course.

480 challenge problems · 42-question mock exam · all-units arcade

Everything above, mixed together. Work the whole-course challenge deck, sit an exam-length cumulative whose 42 questions mirror the real section's unit weighting, or blast every unit's misconceptions in the arcade.

All eight units are fully built: every unit has its topic hubs, worked lessons, misconception diagnostics, targeted drills, interactive applets, and a cumulative MCQ exam.