🎡AP Physics 1
Key Terms

568 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP Physics 1 exam

🎡AP Physics 1
Key Terms by Unit

Unit 1 – Kinematics

1.1 Scalars and Vectors in One Dimension

1.2 Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration

1.3 Representing Motion

1.4 Reference Frames and Relative Motion

1.5 Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions

Unit 2 – Force and Translational Dynamics

2.1 Systems and Center of Mass

2.2 Forces and Free-Body Diagrams

2.3 Newton's Third Law

2.4 Newton's First Law

2.5 Newton's Second Law

2.7 Kinetic and Static Friction

2.9 Circular Motion

Unit 3 – Work, Energy, and Power

3.1 Translational Kinetic Energy

3.2 Work

3.3 Potential Energy

3.4 Conservation of Energy

3.5 Power

Unit 4 – Linear Momentum

4.1 Linear Momentum

4.3 Conservation of Linear Momentum

4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Unit 5 – Torque and Rotational Dynamics

5.1 Rotational Kinematics

5.2 Connecting Linear and Rotational Motion

5.3 Torque

5.4 Rotational Inertia

5.5 Rotational Equilibrium and Newton's First Law in Rotational Form

5.6 Newton's Second Law in Rotational Form

Unit 6 – Rotating Systems: Energy & Momentum

6.1 Rotational Kinetic Energy

6.2 Torque and Work

6.3 Angular Momentum and Angular Impulse

6.4 Conservation of Angular Momentum

6.5 Rolling

6.6 Motion of Orbiting Satellites

Unit 7 – Oscillations

7.1 Defining Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)

7.2 Frequency and Period of SHM

7.3 Representing and Analyzing SHM

7.4 Energy of Simple Harmonic Oscillators

Unit 8 – Fluids

8.1 Internal Structure and Density

8.2 Pressure

8.3 Fluids and Newton's Laws

8.4 Fluids and Conservation Laws

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