AP Physics C

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First Semester Review Assignment

Begins Wednesday, Oct 11, 2023

Ends Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to demonstrate their understanding of various abstract and applied physics topics. Because of the nature of this assignment, it will be graded fairly strictly—pay close attention to the Notes below.

NOTES:

  1. The Review Assignment consists of up to four problems, to be completed outside of class.
  2. This assignment is Extra Credit and not required.
  3. This assignment is intended to provide students with the opportunity to review some of the material we've covered, and not all students need the same amount of review. Students will be eligible to receive credit on problems completed according to the table below.
    Your Test Average (incl. Ch 5-6 test)Review Problems You Are Eligible to Complete
    0 - 79%Problems #1 - 4
    80 - 89%Problems #2 - 4
    90 - 100%Problems #3 - 4
  4. The total points earned by a student on this assignment will be determined by the instructor based on a number of factors including quality of solutions, number of problems completed, difficulty of problem attempted, and overall quality of assignments submitted.
  5. You are encouraged to talk with other students about these problems and how to go about solving them, however each person must complete their own assignment to be turned in, without looking at other students' work. Even when numeric answers to problems are the same, solutions must be written independently, and differently, and developed and explained in each student's own words.
  6. The assignment must have a separate cover sheet that includes your Name, Date, Course and Period, and Name of Assignment. Staple this cover sheet to the front of the problems that you've solved.
  7. Each response must be hand-written on a separate piece of paper, which must include:
    a) Your name and the problem number at the top of the page.
    b) Salient details from the original question written out as appropriate.
    c) Your solution, hand-written in blue ink, black ink, or dark pencil, with all work shown in detail.
    d) Drawings, diagrams, or graphs with labels must be used to explain your solution more clearly.
    e) Written explanations (blurbs, in English) explaining important steps in your solution.
    f) The final answer, with a box around it.
    See below for an example.

    Remember that this is Extra Credit: you're trying to impress the instructor with the quality of your work! If in doubt, do a little more than you think you should, rather than trying to get by with less, at the risk of losing points on your solution.
  8. The instructor is available to answer questions about the assignment before school, after school, and possibly by e-mail. The instructor will not be able to help you if you leave all of your work until the night before the assignment is due.

EXAMPLE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION:

In "The Matrix," Neo is given a test by Morpheus, who asks him to leap from the top of one building to another. Assume the buildings are each 100m tall, and 15m apart. Neo runs and leaps from the first building with a velocity of 5.00 m/s at an angle of 36.9 degrees (toward the second building).

a. Will he make it to the next building?
b. Where exactly will Neo land?

(Assume no air friction in this problem.)

EXTRA CREDIT PROBLEMS

Your individual set of problems will be distributed in class.

  1. Drag Race
  2. Projectile Water
  3. Banked Turns
  4. Drag Force

Good luck!