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AP Physics B
St. Mary's College
High School
Content
Skills
Assessment
x and y directions
another. Be able to explain what is
MOMENTUM
The Concept of Range
meant by the focus of a converging
Free Fall
and a diverging mirror and
5. INELASTIC COLLISIONS
Horizontally Fired Projectiles
illustrate the concept with a ray
AND THE CONSERVATIONS
Projectiles fired at an angle with
diagram. Be able to relate the
OF MOMENTUM
respect to the horizontal
radius of curvature for a spherical
Case 1: landing on the same level
mirror to the focal length for
6. EXPLOSIONS
that you started
converging and diverging mirrors.
Case 2: landing on different levels
Be able to use ray diagrams to
locate the images formed by
Introduction to Circular Motion
converging and diverging mirrors
Angular displacement
and determine the size and linear
Angular speed
magnification of the image as well
Angular velocity
as whether it is real or virtual. Be
Angular acceleration
able to use the mirror equation to
Changes in direction imply the
locate the images formed by
existence of a net force, which
converging and diverging mirrors
causes acceleration
and determine the size and linear
- Acceleration along a curved path
magnification of the image as well
- Centripetal acceleration
as whether it is real or virtual. Be
- Centripetal force
able to use Snell's Law of
- Forces in non-inertial frames of
Refraction to qualitatively and
reference
quantitatively predict the behavior
- Centripetal versus "Centrifugal
of light as it passes at an angle
forces"
between materials where it has
- Centrifugal forces do not exist:
different apparent velocities.
they are caused by the objects
Explain what is meant by the index
inertia.
of refraction of a material and how
it is related to the apparent speed of
light in the material. Be able to
Introduction to Momentum and the
explain what is meant by the focus
Conservation of Momentum
of a converging and a diverging
- Impulse
lens and illustrate the concept with
- Force
a ray diagram. Be able to use ray
- Duration of a force
diagrams to locate the images
- Mass
formed by converging and
- Velocity
diverging lenses and determine the
- Momentum
size and linear magnification of the
- Changes in momentum
image as well as whether it is real
- Newton's Third Law
or virtual. Be able to use the lens
- The conservation of momentum
equation to locate the images
as a consequence of the Third's law
formed by converging and
of motion
diverging mirrors and determine
- Elastic and inelastic collisions
the size and linear magnification of
the image as well as whether it is
real or virtual.
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