Shown below is an approximate breakdown of the material
found on each Physics C exam.
This information also serves as an outline for the content of each course.
I. Newtonian Mechanics
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- Kinematics (including
vectors, vector algebra, components of vectors,
coordinate systems, displacement, velocity, and acceleration)
- Motion in one dimension
- Motion in two dimensions,
including projectile motion
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18%
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- Newton's laws of motion
- Static equilibrium
(first law)
- Dynamics of a single
particle (second law)
- Systems of two or more
bodies (third law)
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20%
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- Work, energy, power
- Work and work-energy
theorem
- Conservative forces and
potential energy
- Conservation of energy
- Power
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14%
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- Systems of particles,
linear momentum
- Center of mass
- Impulse and momentum
- Conservation of linear
momentum, collisions
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12%
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- Circular motion and
rotation
- Uniform circular motion
- Torque and rotational
statics
- Rotational kinematics
and dynamics
- Angular momentum and its
conservation
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18%
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- Oscillations and
gravitation
- Simple harmonic motion
(dynamics and energy relationships)
- Mass on a spring
- Pendulum and other
oscillations
- Newton's law of gravity
- Orbits of planets and
satellites
- Circular
- General
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18%
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II. Electricity and
Magnetism
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- Electrostatics
- Charge and Coulomb’s Law
- Electric field and electric
potential (including point charges)
- Gauss’s Law
- Fields and potentials of
other charge distributions
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30%
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- Conductors, capacitors,
dielectrics
- Electrostatics with
conductors
- Capacitors
- Capacitance
- Parallel plate
- Spherical and
cylindrical
- Dielectrics
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14%
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- Electric circuits
- Current, resistance,
power
- Steady-state direct
current circuits with batteries and resistors only
- Capacitors in circuits
- Steady state
- Transients in RC
circuits
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20%
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- Magnetic Fields
- Forces on moving charges
in magnetic fields
- Forces on
current-carrying wires in magnetic fields
- Fields of long
current-carrying wires
- Biot-Savart and Ampere's
law
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20%
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- Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetic induction
(including Faraday's law and Lenz's law)
- Inductance (including LR
and LC circuits)
- Maxwell's equations
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16%
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