Ap Physics B Cheat Sheet Page 12

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AP Physics B
St. Mary's College
High School
Content
Skills
Assessment
• Conservation of momentum
-Apply the conservation of
momentum in one dimension
-explosion, two cart systems
-carts sticking together
• Solve elastic and inelastic
collisions that do not involve using
the conservations of energy
- Apply the conservation of
momentum in two dimensions
- two dimensional collisions
- center of mass calculations
Content
Skills
Assessment
Work and Energy:
Apply the conservation of energy
Energy and work problem sets
Definition of work (Galileo’s stake)
to conservative and non-
Work equation: W = F d
conservative systems.
Final Exam Review
Derivation of work-energy theorem
Kinetic Energy as energy
Final Exam
associated with motion.
KE equation: 1/2mvv
Potential Energy as energy
associated with position, or stored
energy
Units of energy and work
Conservation of Energy
i) Work done by a dissipative force
(1) Thermal energy
(2) example of work done by
friction
ii) Work done by a conservative
force
(1) graviational potential energy
(2) gravitational field
The Conservation of Energy
- ramps
- free falling
- pendulum
- collisions of carts
- roller coasters
January 2012
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