Introduction | p. xv |
Vectors | p. 1 |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Definition | p. 1 |
Vector Addition (Geometric) | p. 2 |
Scalar Multiplication | p. 3 |
Vector Subtraction (Geometric) | p. 3 |
Standard Basis Vectors | p. 4 |
Vector Operations Using Components | p. 5 |
Magnitude of a Vector | p. 6 |
Direction of a Vector | p. 6 |
[C] The Dot Product | p. 7 |
[C] The Cross Product | p. 9 |
Kinematics | p. 13 |
Introduction | p. 13 |
Displacement | p. 13 |
Speed and Velocity | p. 15 |
Acceleration | p. 16 |
Uniformly-Accelerated Motion and the Big Five | p. 17 |
Kinematics with Graphs | p. 19 |
A Note About Calculus | p. 22 |
Free Fall | p. 24 |
Projectile Motion | p. 26 |
A Note About Notation | p. 29 |
[C] Kinematics with Calculus | p. 29 |
Chapter 2 Review Questions | p. 31 |
Multiple Choice | p. 31 |
Free Response | p. 33 |
Newton's Laws | p. 35 |
Introduction | p. 35 |
The First Law | p. 36 |
The Second Law | p. 36 |
The Third Law | p. 36 |
Weight | p. 37 |
The Normal Force | p. 39 |
Friction | p. 40 |
Pulleys | p. 41 |
Inclined Planes | p. 44 |
Uniform Circular Motion | p. 46 |
Chapter 3 Review Questions | p. 49 |
Multiple Choice | p. 49 |
Free Response | p. 52 |
Work, Energy, and Power | p. 55 |
Introduction | p. 55 |
Work | p. 56 |
Work Done by a Variable Force | p. 59 |
Kinetic Energy | p. 60 |
The Work-Energy Theorem | p. 60 |
Potential Energy | p. 62 |
Conservation of Mechanical Energy | p. 63 |
[C] Potential Energy Curves | p. 66 |
Power | p. 67 |
Chapter 4 Review Questions | p. 69 |
Multiple Choice | p. 69 |
Free Response | p. 71 |
Linear Momentum | p. 75 |
Introduction | p. 75 |
Impulse | p. 76 |
Conservation of Linear Momentum | p. 78 |
Collisions | p. 79 |
[C] Center of Mass | p. 83 |
Chapter 5 Review Questions | p. 87 |
Multiple Choice | p. 87 |
Free Response | p. 89 |
Rotational Motion | p. 91 |
Introduction | p. 91 |
[C] Rotational Kinematics | p. 92 |
[C] The Big Five for Rotational Motion | p. 95 |
Rotational Dynamics | p. 96 |
Torque | p. 97 |
[C] Rotational Inertia | p. 101 |
[C] Kinetic Energy of Rotation | p. 108 |
[C] Work and Power | p. 109 |
[C] Angular Momentum | p. 112 |
[C] Conservation of Angular Momentum | p. 114 |
Equilibrium | p. 116 |
Chapter 6 Review Questions | p. 118 |
Multiple Choice | p. 118 |
Free Response | p. 120 |
Newton's Law of Gravitation | p. 123 |
Kepler's Laws | p. 123 |
Newton's Law of Gravitation | p. 124 |
The Gravitational Attraction Due to an Extended Body | p. 126 |
Gravitational Potential Energy | p. 131 |
[C] A Proof of Equation (*) | p. 132 |
[C] A Note on Elliptical Orbits | p. 134 |
Orbits of the Planets | p. 136 |
Chapter 7 Review Questions | p. 139 |
Multiple Choice | p. 139 |
Free Response | p. 141 |
Oscillations | p. 143 |
Introduction | p. 143 |
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): The Spring-Block Oscillator | p. 143 |
SHM in Terms of Energy | p. 146 |
The Kinematics of SHM | p. 149 |
The Spring-Block Oscillator: Vertical Motion | p. 153 |
[C] The Sinusoidal Description of SHM | p. 156 |
[C] Instantaneous Velocity and Acceleration | p. 157 |
Pendulums | p. 158 |
Chapter 8 Review Questions | p. 161 |
Multiple Choice | p. 161 |
Free Response | p. 163 |
Thermal Physics [B] | p. 167 |
Introduction | p. 167 |
Temperature Scales | p. 167 |
Physical Changes Due to Heat Transfer | p. 168 |
Heat Transfer and Temperature Change | p. 168 |
Heat Transfer and Phase Changes | p. 169 |
Heat Transfer and Thermal Expansion | p. 169 |
The Kinetic Theory of Gases | p. 170 |
The Ideal Gas Law | p. 171 |
The Laws of Thermodynamics | p. 173 |
The Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics | p. 173 |
The First Law of Thermodynamics | p. 173 |
Calorimetry III: Heat Transfer and Temperature Change for Gases | p. 175 |
The Second Law of Thermodynamics | p. 182 |
The Carnot Cycle | p. 183 |
Chapter 9 Review Questions | p. 185 |
Multiple Choice | p. 185 |
Free Response | p. 187 |
Electric Forces and Fields | p. 189 |
Electric Charge | p. 189 |
Coulomb's Law | p. 190 |
Superposition | p. 191 |
The Electric Field | p. 194 |
Conductors and Insulators | p. 200 |
[C] Gauss's Law | p. 202 |
Chapter 10 Review Questions | p. 210 |
Multiple Choice | p. 210 |
Free Response | p. 212 |
Electric Potential and Capacitance | p. 217 |
Introduction | p. 217 |
Electrical Potential Energy | p. 218 |
Electric Potential | p. 223 |
The Potential in a Uniform Field | p. 225 |
[C] The Potential of a Sphere | p. 227 |
[C] The Potential of a Cylinder | p. 231 |
[C] Deriving the Field from the Potential | p. 232 |
Capacitance | p. 233 |
[C] Capacitors of Other Geometries | p. 234 |
Combinations of Capacitors | p. 236 |
The Energy Stored in a Capacitor | p. 238 |
[C] Dielectrics | p. 239 |
Chapter 11 Review Questions | p. 241 |
Multiple Choice | p. 241 |
Free Response | p. 243 |
Direct Current Circuits | p. 247 |
Introduction | p. 247 |
Electric Current | p. 248 |
Resistance | p. 249 |
Resistivity | p. 249 |
Electric Circuits | p. 250 |
Energy and Power | p. 250 |
Circuit Analysis | p. 251 |
Combinations of Resistors | p. 251 |
Kirchhoff's Rules | p. 259 |
Resistance-Capacitance (RC) Circuits | p. 263 |
[C] Charging or Discharging a Capacitor in an RC Circuit | p. 265 |
Charging a Capacitor | p. 265 |
Discharging a Capacitor | p. 266 |
Chapter 12 Review Questions | p. 268 |
Multiple Choice | p. 268 |
Free Response | p. 270 |
Magnetic Forces and Fields | p. 273 |
Introduction | p. 273 |
The Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge | p. 274 |
The Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Wire | p. 277 |
Magnetic Fields Created by Current-Carrying Wires | p. 280 |
[C] The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid | p. 283 |
[C] The Biot-Savart Law | p. 283 |
[C] Ampere's Law | p. 285 |
Chapter 13 Review Questions | p. 291 |
Multiple Choice | p. 291 |
Free Response | p. 293 |
Electromagnetic Induction | p. 297 |
Introduction | p. 297 |
Motional EMF | p. 298 |
Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction | p. 300 |
Magnetic Flux | p. 300 |
[C] Induced Electric Fields | p. 309 |
[C] Inductance | p. 311 |
RL Circuits | p. 312 |
LC Circuits | p. 313 |
[C] Maxwell's Equations | p. 315 |
Chapter 14 Review Questions | p. 317 |
Multiple Choice | p. 317 |
Free Response | p. 320 |
Waves [B] | p. 323 |
Introduction | p. 323 |
Transverse Traveling Waves | p. 324 |
Wave Speed on a Stretched String | p. 326 |
The Mathematical Description of a Traveling Wave | p. 327 |
Superposition of Waves | p. 329 |
Standing Waves | p. 330 |
Sound Waves | p. 333 |
Sound Level | p. 335 |
Beats | p. 335 |
Resonance for Sound Waves | p. 336 |
The Doppler Effect | p. 338 |
The Doppler Effect for Light | p. 342 |
Chapter 15 Review Questions | p. 343 |
Multiple Choice | p. 343 |
Free Response | p. 345 |
Optics [B] | p. 347 |
Introduction | p. 347 |
The Electromagnetic Spectrum | p. 348 |
Interference and Diffraction | p. 349 |
Young's Double-Slit Interference Experiment | p. 349 |
Single-Aperture Diffraction | p. 353 |
Reflection and Refraction | p. 353 |
Dispersion of Light | p. 356 |
Total Internal Reflection | p. 357 |
Mirrors | p. 360 |
Plane Mirrors | p. 360 |
Spherical Mirrors | p. 360 |
Ray Tracing for Mirrors | p. 362 |
Using Equations to Answer Questions About the Image | p. 365 |
Thin Lenses | p. 368 |
Ray Tracing for Lenses | p. 369 |
Using Equations to Answer Questions About the Image | p. 372 |
Chapter 16 Review Questions | p. 375 |
Multiple Choice | p. 375 |
Free Response | p. 377 |
Atomic and Nuclear Physics [B] | p. 381 |
Introduction | p. 381 |
Photons and the Photoelectric Effect | p. 381 |
The Bohr Model of the Atom | p. 384 |
Wave-Particle Duality | p. 387 |
Nuclear Physics | p. 388 |
The Nuclear Force | p. 389 |
Binding Energy | p. 389 |
Nuclear Reactions | p. 391 |
Disintegration Energy | p. 392 |
Chapter 17 Review Questions | p. 394 |
Multiple Choice | p. 394 |
Free Response | p. 396 |
Fluid Mechanics [B] | p. 397 |
Introduction | p. 397 |
Density | p. 398 |
Pressure | p. 399 |
Hydrostatic Pressure | p. 400 |
Buoyancy | p. 404 |
Flow Rate and the Continuity Equation | p. 408 |
Bernoulli's Equation | p. 410 |
Torricelli's Theorem | p. 411 |
The Bernoulli Effect | p. 414 |
Chapter 18 Review Questions | p. 416 |
Multiple Choice | p. 416 |
Free Response | p. 419 |
Solutions to the Chapter Review Questions | p. 423 |
The Princeton Review AP Physics B Practice Exam | p. 531 |
AP Physics B Practice Exam: Answers and Explanations | p. 557 |
The Princeton Review AP Physics C Practice Exam | p. 577 |
AP Physics C Practice Exam: Answers and Explanations | p. 607 |
About the Author | p. 635 |
Index | p. 637 |
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