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2024 AP Physics 1 Exam Guide

8 min readโ€ขaugust 18, 2023

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Your Guide to the 2024 AP Physics 1 Exam

We know that studying for your AP exams can be stressful, but Fiveable has your back! We created a study plan to help you crush your AP Physics 1 exam. This guide will continue to update with information about the 2024 exams, as well as helpful resources to help you do your best on test day.ย Unlock Cram Modeย for access to our cram eventsโ€”students who have successfully passed their AP exams will answer your questions and guide your last-minute studying LIVE! And don't miss out on unlimited access to our database of thousands of practice questions. FYI, something cool is coming your way Fall 2023! ๐Ÿ‘€

Format of the 2024 AP Physics 1 Exam

Going into test day, this is the exam format to expect:

  • Section I: Multiple Choice

    • 50% of score | 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete

      • Section 1A: Single-select

        • 45 questions where you choose a single best answer

      • Section 1B: Multiple-select

        • 5 questions where you choose all correct answers

  • Section II: Free-Response Questions

    • 50% of score | 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete

      • 5 questions

        • Experimental design (12 pts)

        • Qualitative/quantitative translation (12 pts)

        • Paragraph argument short answer (7 pts)

        • 2 short answers (7 pts each)

When is the 2024 AP Physics 1 Exam and How Do I Take It?


How Should I Prepare for the Exam?

  • First, download the AP Physics 1 Cheatsheet PDF - a single sheet that covers everything you need to know at a high level. Take note of your strengths and weaknesses!ย 

  • We've put together the study plan found below to help you study between now and May. This will cover all of the units and essay types to prepare you for your exam. Pay special attention to the units that you need the most improvement in.

  • Study, practice, and review for test day with other students during our live cram sessions viaย Cram Mode. Cram live streams will teach, review, and practice important topics from AP courses, college admission tests, and college admission topics. These streams are hosted by experienced students who know what you need to succeed.

Pre-Work: Set Up Your Study Environment

Before you begin studying, take some time to get organized.

๐Ÿ–ฅ Create a study space.

Make sure you have a designated place at home to study. Somewhere you can keep all of your materials, where you can focus on learning, and where you are comfortable. Spend some time prepping the space with everything you need and you can even let others in the family know that this is your study space.ย 

๐Ÿ“š Organize your study materials.

Get your notebook, textbook, prep books, or whatever other physical materials you have. Also, create a space for you to keep track of review. Start a new section in your notebook to take notes or start a Google Doc to keep track of your notes. Get yourself set up!

๐Ÿ“… Plan designated times for studying.

The hardest part about studying from home is sticking to a routine. Decide on one hour every day that you can dedicate to studying. This can be any time of the day, whatever works best for you. Set a timer on your phone for that time and really try to stick to it. The routine will help you stay on track.

๐Ÿ† Decide on an accountability plan.

How will you hold yourself accountable to this study plan? You may or may not have a teacher or rules set up to help you stay on track, so you need to set some for yourself. First, set your goal. This could be studying for x number of hours or getting through a unit. Then, create a reward for yourself. If you reach your goal, then x. This will help stay focused!

๐Ÿค Get support from your peers.ย 

There are thousands of students all over the world who are preparing for their AP exams just like you! Joinย Roomsย ๐Ÿค to chat, ask questions, and meet other students who are also studying for the spring exams. You can even build study groups and review material together!ย 


AP Physics 1 2024 Study Plan

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unit 1:

Big takeaways:

Unit 1 is focused on the basics of motion. Describing how an object moves in a straight line and projectile motions. Also, key ideas such as slopes and areas of a graph are used to change from displacement to velocity to acceleration and back. While this topic does stand on its own fairly well, youโ€™ll often see questions attached to the end of an FRQ from a different unit.

Definitely do this:

๐Ÿ“– Read these Fiveable study guides:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎย  Play around with some simulations:


๐ŸŒ€ Unit 2: Dynamics

Big takeaways:

Dynamics is the study of the forces, the interactions of an object with another object, that cause objects and systems to move. The basic understanding of force as a push or pull helps to solidify the notion that it is a and has both magnitude and direction.ย 

Similar to that of Unit 1, translation is key in Unit 2. You must be able to show the same objectโ€“force interactions through different graphs, diagrams, and mathematical relationships. During Unit 2, you will also learn a necessary skill throughout the remaining units of AP Physics 1: how to derive new expressions from fundamental equations to form predictions in unfamiliar scenarios.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


๐Ÿš€ Unit 3: & Gravity

Big takeaways:

Unit 3 takes the ideas learned from Unit 2 and applies them to objects moving in a circular path with a constant speed. Combining this with Newtonโ€™s Law of Gravity lets us solve problems involving planetary orbits and satellites, as well as describing changes in weight when we move from one location to another. Similar to Unit 1, these concepts are often embedded into other FRQ and are rarely asked in stand-alone questions.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


โšก๏ธ Unit 4:

Big takeaways:

Unit 4 is another vital unit in terms of the AP exam. The skills and ideas learned here will show up again and again in Unit 5-7. In addition, there is ALWAYS an FRQ that is solvable by using the concepts. Key concepts that you need to be comfortable with include applying the to a variety of problems, defining systems, and calculating the work done to or by a system.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


๐ŸŒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unit 5:

Big takeaways:ย 

Unit 5 introduces the idea of the . This lets us describe and calculate masses, velocities, and energies before and after collisions or explosions. This unit draws on many of the skills learned in Unit 4, especially the concept of . Be sure you know how to apply the conservation laws. As far as FRQs go, questions can be stand-alone but are often incorporated into questions involving forces (Unit 2) or (Unit 4).

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:


๐ŸŽธ Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion

Big takeaways:ย 

Unit 6 focuses on the concept of periodic motion, a motion that repeats over and over in a set time interval. Two commonly used examples of this are a mass oscillating on a spring and a pendulum swinging at a small angle. In analyzing these two systems, weโ€™ll draw on forces (unit 2), (unit 4), and some trigonometry. Be sure you know how to calculate and as well. Regarding FRQs, SHM topics are often embedded into questions regarding but could be seen as a stand-alone question as well.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


๐ŸŽก Unit 7:

Big takeaways:ย 

Congratulations, youโ€™ve made it to the last unit on this yearโ€™s AP exam! Unit 7 takes all the concepts weโ€™ve covered so far in Units 1-6 and applies them to solving problems involving rotating objects. Youโ€™ll need to be able to calculate , velocity and acceleration (unit 1), torques (units 2 and 3), (unit 4), (unit 5), and /frequencies (unit 6). Because there are so many connections to the previous units, FRQโ€™s from unit 7 are robust enough to stand on their own, and will often only focus on a small subset of the skills from this Unit. Oftentimes, these subsets are either and forces or . Some of the other skills such as can be combined with the planetary motion questions from unit 3.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides and try some trivia:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations

Key Terms to Review (31)

Angular Acceleration

: Angular acceleration refers to the rate at which an object's angular velocity changes over time. It measures how quickly an object is speeding up or slowing down its rotation.

Angular Distance

: Angular distance measures the total amount of rotation covered by an object, usually measured in degrees or radians.

Angular momentum

: Angular momentum refers to the rotational equivalent of linear momentum. It describes how fast an object rotates around an axis and depends on its mass distribution and rotational speed.

Angular Velocity

: Angular velocity refers to the rate at which an object rotates or moves in a circular path. It is measured in radians per second (rad/s).

Centripetal Force

: Centripetal force is the net force acting towards the center of an object's circular path. It keeps objects moving in uniform circular motion by continuously changing their direction but not their speed.

Energy

: The ability to do work or cause change.

Free-body Diagrams

: Free-body diagrams are visual representations used to analyze forces acting on an isolated system or individual objects within that system. They help identify and understand all external forces acting upon an object.

Frequency

: Frequency is the number of complete cycles or oscillations that occur in one second. It affects how many times an object vibrates back and forth within a given time period.

Gravitational Force

: Gravitational force is the attractive force between two objects with mass. It depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

Impulse

: Impulse refers to the change in momentum of an object when a force is applied to it for a certain amount of time. It is calculated by multiplying the force applied to an object by the time interval over which the force acts.

Kinematics

: Kinematics is the branch of physics that describes motion without considering its causes. It focuses on concepts such as displacement, velocity, and acceleration.

Kinetic Energy

: Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses due to its motion. It depends on both the mass and velocity of the object.

Law of Conservation of Energy

: The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed from one form to another.

Law of Conservation of Momentum

: The law of conservation of momentum states that the total momentum of a closed system remains constant if no external forces act on it. In other words, the total momentum before an event is equal to the total momentum after the event.

Linear momentum

: Linear momentum refers to the quantity of motion possessed by an object. It is calculated by multiplying an object's mass (m) by its velocity (v).

Momentum

: Momentum is a property of moving objects that depends on both their mass and velocity. It describes how difficult it is to stop an object in motion.

Newton's First Law

: Newton's First Law, also known as the law of inertia, states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force.

Newton's Law of Gravity

: Newton's Law of Gravity states that every particle attracts every other particle with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Newton's Second Law

: States that when a net external force acts on an object, the object will accelerate in the direction of the force. The acceleration is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

Newton's Third Law

: Newton's Third Law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal but opposite force on the first.

Oscillator

: An oscillator refers to any system that exhibits periodic motion around an equilibrium position.

Period

: The period refers to the time it takes for one complete cycle of a repeating event or motion.

Power

: Power is the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred. It measures how quickly work is being done.

Projectile Motion

: Projectile motion refers to the curved path that an object follows when it is thrown or launched into the air. It is influenced by both horizontal and vertical components of motion.

Rotation

: Rotation refers to the circular movement of an object around a fixed point or axis.

Rotational Kinetic Energy

: Rotational kinetic energy refers to the energy possessed by an object due to its rotation around an axis. It depends on both its moment of inertia and angular velocity.

Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)

: Simple Harmonic Motion refers to the repetitive back-and-forth motion exhibited by certain systems when they are displaced from their equilibrium position and experience a restoring force proportional to their displacement. Examples include a mass-spring system or a pendulum swinging back and forth.

Torque

: Torque refers to the measure of how effectively a force can cause an object to rotate around a fixed axis. It depends on both the magnitude and direction of the applied force.

Uniform Circular Motion

: Uniform circular motion refers to an object moving along a circular path with constant speed. The object experiences acceleration towards the center of the circle, known as centripetal acceleration.

Vector Quantity

: A vector quantity is a physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction. It can be represented by an arrow, where the length of the arrow represents the magnitude and the direction of the arrow represents the direction.

Work-Energy Principle

: The work-energy principle states that the work done on an object equals its change in kinetic energy. It relates the concept of work, which is the transfer of energy through force, to changes in an object's motion and energy.

2024 AP Physics 1 Exam Guide

8 min readโ€ขaugust 18, 2023

A Q

A Q

A Q

A Q

Your Guide to the 2024 AP Physics 1 Exam

We know that studying for your AP exams can be stressful, but Fiveable has your back! We created a study plan to help you crush your AP Physics 1 exam. This guide will continue to update with information about the 2024 exams, as well as helpful resources to help you do your best on test day.ย Unlock Cram Modeย for access to our cram eventsโ€”students who have successfully passed their AP exams will answer your questions and guide your last-minute studying LIVE! And don't miss out on unlimited access to our database of thousands of practice questions. FYI, something cool is coming your way Fall 2023! ๐Ÿ‘€

Format of the 2024 AP Physics 1 Exam

Going into test day, this is the exam format to expect:

  • Section I: Multiple Choice

    • 50% of score | 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete

      • Section 1A: Single-select

        • 45 questions where you choose a single best answer

      • Section 1B: Multiple-select

        • 5 questions where you choose all correct answers

  • Section II: Free-Response Questions

    • 50% of score | 1 hour and 30 minutes to complete

      • 5 questions

        • Experimental design (12 pts)

        • Qualitative/quantitative translation (12 pts)

        • Paragraph argument short answer (7 pts)

        • 2 short answers (7 pts each)

When is the 2024 AP Physics 1 Exam and How Do I Take It?


How Should I Prepare for the Exam?

  • First, download the AP Physics 1 Cheatsheet PDF - a single sheet that covers everything you need to know at a high level. Take note of your strengths and weaknesses!ย 

  • We've put together the study plan found below to help you study between now and May. This will cover all of the units and essay types to prepare you for your exam. Pay special attention to the units that you need the most improvement in.

  • Study, practice, and review for test day with other students during our live cram sessions viaย Cram Mode. Cram live streams will teach, review, and practice important topics from AP courses, college admission tests, and college admission topics. These streams are hosted by experienced students who know what you need to succeed.

Pre-Work: Set Up Your Study Environment

Before you begin studying, take some time to get organized.

๐Ÿ–ฅ Create a study space.

Make sure you have a designated place at home to study. Somewhere you can keep all of your materials, where you can focus on learning, and where you are comfortable. Spend some time prepping the space with everything you need and you can even let others in the family know that this is your study space.ย 

๐Ÿ“š Organize your study materials.

Get your notebook, textbook, prep books, or whatever other physical materials you have. Also, create a space for you to keep track of review. Start a new section in your notebook to take notes or start a Google Doc to keep track of your notes. Get yourself set up!

๐Ÿ“… Plan designated times for studying.

The hardest part about studying from home is sticking to a routine. Decide on one hour every day that you can dedicate to studying. This can be any time of the day, whatever works best for you. Set a timer on your phone for that time and really try to stick to it. The routine will help you stay on track.

๐Ÿ† Decide on an accountability plan.

How will you hold yourself accountable to this study plan? You may or may not have a teacher or rules set up to help you stay on track, so you need to set some for yourself. First, set your goal. This could be studying for x number of hours or getting through a unit. Then, create a reward for yourself. If you reach your goal, then x. This will help stay focused!

๐Ÿค Get support from your peers.ย 

There are thousands of students all over the world who are preparing for their AP exams just like you! Joinย Roomsย ๐Ÿค to chat, ask questions, and meet other students who are also studying for the spring exams. You can even build study groups and review material together!ย 


AP Physics 1 2024 Study Plan

๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unit 1:

Big takeaways:

Unit 1 is focused on the basics of motion. Describing how an object moves in a straight line and projectile motions. Also, key ideas such as slopes and areas of a graph are used to change from displacement to velocity to acceleration and back. While this topic does stand on its own fairly well, youโ€™ll often see questions attached to the end of an FRQ from a different unit.

Definitely do this:

๐Ÿ“– Read these Fiveable study guides:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎย  Play around with some simulations:


๐ŸŒ€ Unit 2: Dynamics

Big takeaways:

Dynamics is the study of the forces, the interactions of an object with another object, that cause objects and systems to move. The basic understanding of force as a push or pull helps to solidify the notion that it is a and has both magnitude and direction.ย 

Similar to that of Unit 1, translation is key in Unit 2. You must be able to show the same objectโ€“force interactions through different graphs, diagrams, and mathematical relationships. During Unit 2, you will also learn a necessary skill throughout the remaining units of AP Physics 1: how to derive new expressions from fundamental equations to form predictions in unfamiliar scenarios.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


๐Ÿš€ Unit 3: & Gravity

Big takeaways:

Unit 3 takes the ideas learned from Unit 2 and applies them to objects moving in a circular path with a constant speed. Combining this with Newtonโ€™s Law of Gravity lets us solve problems involving planetary orbits and satellites, as well as describing changes in weight when we move from one location to another. Similar to Unit 1, these concepts are often embedded into other FRQ and are rarely asked in stand-alone questions.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


โšก๏ธ Unit 4:

Big takeaways:

Unit 4 is another vital unit in terms of the AP exam. The skills and ideas learned here will show up again and again in Unit 5-7. In addition, there is ALWAYS an FRQ that is solvable by using the concepts. Key concepts that you need to be comfortable with include applying the to a variety of problems, defining systems, and calculating the work done to or by a system.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


๐ŸŒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ Unit 5:

Big takeaways:ย 

Unit 5 introduces the idea of the . This lets us describe and calculate masses, velocities, and energies before and after collisions or explosions. This unit draws on many of the skills learned in Unit 4, especially the concept of . Be sure you know how to apply the conservation laws. As far as FRQs go, questions can be stand-alone but are often incorporated into questions involving forces (Unit 2) or (Unit 4).

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:


๐ŸŽธ Unit 6: Simple Harmonic Motion

Big takeaways:ย 

Unit 6 focuses on the concept of periodic motion, a motion that repeats over and over in a set time interval. Two commonly used examples of this are a mass oscillating on a spring and a pendulum swinging at a small angle. In analyzing these two systems, weโ€™ll draw on forces (unit 2), (unit 4), and some trigonometry. Be sure you know how to calculate and as well. Regarding FRQs, SHM topics are often embedded into questions regarding but could be seen as a stand-alone question as well.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations


๐ŸŽก Unit 7:

Big takeaways:ย 

Congratulations, youโ€™ve made it to the last unit on this yearโ€™s AP exam! Unit 7 takes all the concepts weโ€™ve covered so far in Units 1-6 and applies them to solving problems involving rotating objects. Youโ€™ll need to be able to calculate , velocity and acceleration (unit 1), torques (units 2 and 3), (unit 4), (unit 5), and /frequencies (unit 6). Because there are so many connections to the previous units, FRQโ€™s from unit 7 are robust enough to stand on their own, and will often only focus on a small subset of the skills from this Unit. Oftentimes, these subsets are either and forces or . Some of the other skills such as can be combined with the planetary motion questions from unit 3.

Definitely do this:

๐ŸŽฅ Watch these videos:

๐Ÿ“–Read these Fiveable study guides and try some trivia:

If you have more time or want to dig deeper:

๐ŸŽฎ Play around with some simulations

Key Terms to Review (31)

Angular Acceleration

: Angular acceleration refers to the rate at which an object's angular velocity changes over time. It measures how quickly an object is speeding up or slowing down its rotation.

Angular Distance

: Angular distance measures the total amount of rotation covered by an object, usually measured in degrees or radians.

Angular momentum

: Angular momentum refers to the rotational equivalent of linear momentum. It describes how fast an object rotates around an axis and depends on its mass distribution and rotational speed.

Angular Velocity

: Angular velocity refers to the rate at which an object rotates or moves in a circular path. It is measured in radians per second (rad/s).

Centripetal Force

: Centripetal force is the net force acting towards the center of an object's circular path. It keeps objects moving in uniform circular motion by continuously changing their direction but not their speed.

Energy

: The ability to do work or cause change.

Free-body Diagrams

: Free-body diagrams are visual representations used to analyze forces acting on an isolated system or individual objects within that system. They help identify and understand all external forces acting upon an object.

Frequency

: Frequency is the number of complete cycles or oscillations that occur in one second. It affects how many times an object vibrates back and forth within a given time period.

Gravitational Force

: Gravitational force is the attractive force between two objects with mass. It depends on the masses of the objects and the distance between them.

Impulse

: Impulse refers to the change in momentum of an object when a force is applied to it for a certain amount of time. It is calculated by multiplying the force applied to an object by the time interval over which the force acts.

Kinematics

: Kinematics is the branch of physics that describes motion without considering its causes. It focuses on concepts such as displacement, velocity, and acceleration.

Kinetic Energy

: Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses due to its motion. It depends on both the mass and velocity of the object.

Law of Conservation of Energy

: The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed from one form to another.

Law of Conservation of Momentum

: The law of conservation of momentum states that the total momentum of a closed system remains constant if no external forces act on it. In other words, the total momentum before an event is equal to the total momentum after the event.

Linear momentum

: Linear momentum refers to the quantity of motion possessed by an object. It is calculated by multiplying an object's mass (m) by its velocity (v).

Momentum

: Momentum is a property of moving objects that depends on both their mass and velocity. It describes how difficult it is to stop an object in motion.

Newton's First Law

: Newton's First Law, also known as the law of inertia, states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant velocity unless acted upon by an external force.

Newton's Law of Gravity

: Newton's Law of Gravity states that every particle attracts every other particle with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Newton's Second Law

: States that when a net external force acts on an object, the object will accelerate in the direction of the force. The acceleration is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

Newton's Third Law

: Newton's Third Law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When one object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts an equal but opposite force on the first.

Oscillator

: An oscillator refers to any system that exhibits periodic motion around an equilibrium position.

Period

: The period refers to the time it takes for one complete cycle of a repeating event or motion.

Power

: Power is the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred. It measures how quickly work is being done.

Projectile Motion

: Projectile motion refers to the curved path that an object follows when it is thrown or launched into the air. It is influenced by both horizontal and vertical components of motion.

Rotation

: Rotation refers to the circular movement of an object around a fixed point or axis.

Rotational Kinetic Energy

: Rotational kinetic energy refers to the energy possessed by an object due to its rotation around an axis. It depends on both its moment of inertia and angular velocity.

Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)

: Simple Harmonic Motion refers to the repetitive back-and-forth motion exhibited by certain systems when they are displaced from their equilibrium position and experience a restoring force proportional to their displacement. Examples include a mass-spring system or a pendulum swinging back and forth.

Torque

: Torque refers to the measure of how effectively a force can cause an object to rotate around a fixed axis. It depends on both the magnitude and direction of the applied force.

Uniform Circular Motion

: Uniform circular motion refers to an object moving along a circular path with constant speed. The object experiences acceleration towards the center of the circle, known as centripetal acceleration.

Vector Quantity

: A vector quantity is a physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction. It can be represented by an arrow, where the length of the arrow represents the magnitude and the direction of the arrow represents the direction.

Work-Energy Principle

: The work-energy principle states that the work done on an object equals its change in kinetic energy. It relates the concept of work, which is the transfer of energy through force, to changes in an object's motion and energy.


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ยฉ 2024 Fiveable Inc. All rights reserved.

APยฎ and SATยฎ are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse this website.