Craig Freudenrich - 500 AP Physics Questions to Know by Test Day

500 AP Physics B&C Questions to know by test dayAlbert de RichemondCraig C. Freudenrich Copyright 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-0-07-178073-5
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Chapter 1 Vectors
Questions 130 Chapter 2 Free-Body Diagrams and Equilibrium
Questions 3160 Chapter 3 Kinematics
Questions 6190 Chapter 4 Newtons Second Law
Questions 91120 Chapter 5 Momentum
Questions 121150 Chapter 6 Energy Conservation
Questions 151180 Chapter 7 Gravitation and Circular Motion
Questions 181210 Chapter 8 Rotational Motion (For Physics C Students Only)
Questions 211240 Chapter 9 Simple Harmonic Motion
Questions 241270 Chapter 10 Thermodynamics
Questions 271300 Chapter 11 Fluid Mechanics
Questions 301330 Chapter 12 Electrostatics
Questions 331360 Chapter 13 Circuits
Questions 361390 Chapter 14 Magnetism
Questions 391420 Chapter 15 Waves
Questions 421450 Chapter 16 Optics
Questions 451475 Chapter 17 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Questions 476500 Albert de Richemond is a professional engineer and teaches physics at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, PA. Craig C. Craig C.

Freudenrich holds a PhD and has 10 years of teaching experience in various sciences, including physics, biology, chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and astrobiology. He is currently a freelance science and education writer and serves as a science consultant in Durham, NC.

Congratulations! Youve taken a big step toward AP success by purchasing 5 Steps to a 5: 500 AP Physics B&C Questions to Know by Test Day. We are here to help you take the next step and score high on your AP Exam so you can earn college credits and get into the college or university of your choice. This book gives you 500 AP-style multiple-choice questions that cover all the most essential course material. Each question has a detailed answer explanation.

These questions will give you valuable independent practice to supplement your regular textbook and the groundwork you are already doing in your AP classroom. This and the other books in this series were written by expert AP teachers who know your exam inside out and can identify the crucial exam information as well as questions that are most likely to appear on the exam. You might be the kind of student who takes several AP courses and needs to study extra questions a few weeks before the exam for a final review. Or you might be the kind of student who puts off preparing until the last weeks before the exam. No matter what your preparation style is, you will surely benefit from reviewing these 500 questions, which closely parallel the content, format, and degree of difficulty of the questions on the actual AP exam. These questions and their answer explanations are the ideal last-minute study tool for those final few weeks before the test.

Remember the old saying, Practice makes perfect. If you practice with all the questions and answers in this book, we are certain you will build the skills and confidence needed to do great on the exam. Good luck! Editors of McGraw-Hill Education

. Add the following vectors and give the resultant vector: (5+9), (6-3), (2-12). (A) 31 (B) 14, 3, 10 (C) (13-6) (D) (13+24) (E) (14+3-10) . Why are North, South, East, and West not vectors? (A) They are vectors. (B) They state a direction. (D) They are scalars. (E) They have no reference coordinates.