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AP Physics C Mechanics lessons

7 sections · 41 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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AP Physics C Mechanics

Practice 41 skills across this outline.

Recommended next
Resistive Forces
Force and Translational Dynamics
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
7 categories
Force and Translational Dynamics
14%
Work, Energy, and Power
14%
Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems
14%
Linear Momentum
14%
Torque and Rotational Dynamics
14%
Oscillations
14%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ap physics c mechanics — drill into a card to work its skills.

Force and Translational Dynamics

10 core skills14% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Resistive ForcesRecommended
Long-form
2
Circular MotionAvailable
Long-form
3
Newton's Third LawAvailable
Long-form
4
Forces and Free-Body DiagramsAvailable
Long-form
5
Gravitational ForceAvailable
Long-form
6
Kinetic and Static FrictionAvailable
Long-form
7
Newton's First LawAvailable
Long-form
8
Newton's Second LawAvailable
Long-form
9
Spring ForcesAvailable
Long-form
10
Systems and Center of MassAvailable
Long-form

Work, Energy, and Power

5 core skills14% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form
2
Conservation of EnergyAvailable
Long-form
3
PowerAvailable
Long-form
4
Translational Kinetic EnergyAvailable
Long-form
5
WorkAvailable
Long-form

Energy and Momentum of Rotating Systems

6 core skills14% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Angular Momentum and Angular ImpulseAvailable
Long-form
2
Conservation of Angular MomentumAvailable
Long-form
3
Motion of Orbiting SatellitesAvailable
Long-form
4
Rotational Kinetic EnergyAvailable
Long-form
5
RollingAvailable
Long-form
6
Torque and WorkAvailable
Long-form

Linear Momentum

4 core skills14% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Change in Momentum and ImpulseAvailable
Long-form
2
Conservation of Linear MomentumAvailable
Long-form
3
Elastic and Inelastic CollisionsAvailable
Long-form
4
MomentumAvailable
Long-form

Torque and Rotational Dynamics

6 core skills14% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Connecting Linear and Rotational MotionAvailable
Long-form
2
Newton's Second Law in Rotational FormAvailable
Long-form
3
Rotational Equilibrium and Newton's First LawAvailable
Long-form
4
Rotational KinematicsAvailable
Long-form
5
Rotational InertiaAvailable
Long-form
6
TorqueAvailable
Long-form

Oscillations

5 core skills14% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Defining Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)Available
Long-form
2
Energy of Simple Harmonic OscillatorsAvailable
Long-form
3
Frequency and Period of SHMAvailable
Long-form
4
Representing and Analyzing SHMAvailable
Long-form
5
Simple and Physical PendulumsAvailable
Long-form

Kinematics

5 core skills14% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Displacement, Velocity, and AccelerationAvailable
Long-form
2
Motion in Two or Three DimensionsAvailable
Long-form
3
Reference Frames and Relative MotionAvailable
Long-form
4
Representing MotionAvailable
Long-form
5
Scalars and VectorsAvailable
Long-form