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AP Physics
Advanced Placement (AP) Physics is a set of four courses offered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program:
Each AP course has an exam for which high-performing students may receive credit toward their college coursework.
AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics 1 are both introductory college-level courses in mechanics, with the former recognized by more universities. The AP Physics C: Mechanics exam includes a combination of conceptual questions, algebra-based questions, and calculus-based questions, while the AP Physics 1 exam includes only conceptual and algebra-based questions. Both exams have the same number of multiple-choice questions and have identical free-response formats. AP Physics 1 has the lowest average exam scores of any AP exam, while AP Physics C: Mechanics has among the highest.
Both exams cover a similar mixture of topics, focusing primarily on Newtonian mechanics, kinematics, rotation, and oscillation. In addition, AP Physics 1 covers selected topics from fluid mechanics such as density, pressure, buoyancy, and flow, while AP Physics C: Mechanics instead covers calculations involving air resistance, spring systems, the shell theorem, and physical pendulums.
The course topics are grouped into distinct units, and the weightings of each unit on the exams are as follows:
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and AP Physics 2 introduce topics from the second course in a standard college-level physics sequence. High school students who have already completed a first course in mechanics, such as AP Physics C: Mechanics or AP Physics 1, often proceed to either AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism or AP Physics 2, with the former recognized by more universities.
The AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exam (known as "E&M" for short) includes a combination of conceptual questions, algebra-based questions, and calculus-based questions, while the AP Physics 2 exam includes only conceptual and algebra-based questions. Both exams have the same number of multiple-choice questions and have identical free-response formats.
Both exams cover core concepts in electromagnetism, such as electrostatics, capacitors, simple electric circuits, magnetism, and induction. However, AP Physics 2 additionally covers thermodynamics, waves, sound, optics, and modern physics, while AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism instead covers calculations involving electric flux, inductance, RL circuits, LC circuits, and the equations of Maxwell and Biot-Savart. These topics are weighted on each exam as follows:
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AP Physics
Advanced Placement (AP) Physics is a set of four courses offered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program:
Each AP course has an exam for which high-performing students may receive credit toward their college coursework.
AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics 1 are both introductory college-level courses in mechanics, with the former recognized by more universities. The AP Physics C: Mechanics exam includes a combination of conceptual questions, algebra-based questions, and calculus-based questions, while the AP Physics 1 exam includes only conceptual and algebra-based questions. Both exams have the same number of multiple-choice questions and have identical free-response formats. AP Physics 1 has the lowest average exam scores of any AP exam, while AP Physics C: Mechanics has among the highest.
Both exams cover a similar mixture of topics, focusing primarily on Newtonian mechanics, kinematics, rotation, and oscillation. In addition, AP Physics 1 covers selected topics from fluid mechanics such as density, pressure, buoyancy, and flow, while AP Physics C: Mechanics instead covers calculations involving air resistance, spring systems, the shell theorem, and physical pendulums.
The course topics are grouped into distinct units, and the weightings of each unit on the exams are as follows:
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and AP Physics 2 introduce topics from the second course in a standard college-level physics sequence. High school students who have already completed a first course in mechanics, such as AP Physics C: Mechanics or AP Physics 1, often proceed to either AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism or AP Physics 2, with the former recognized by more universities.
The AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism exam (known as "E&M" for short) includes a combination of conceptual questions, algebra-based questions, and calculus-based questions, while the AP Physics 2 exam includes only conceptual and algebra-based questions. Both exams have the same number of multiple-choice questions and have identical free-response formats.
Both exams cover core concepts in electromagnetism, such as electrostatics, capacitors, simple electric circuits, magnetism, and induction. However, AP Physics 2 additionally covers thermodynamics, waves, sound, optics, and modern physics, while AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism instead covers calculations involving electric flux, inductance, RL circuits, LC circuits, and the equations of Maxwell and Biot-Savart. These topics are weighted on each exam as follows: