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PublisherKaplan Publishing

ISBN-100743265548

ISBN-139780743265546

eBay Product ID (ePID)46587759

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Number of Pages592 Pages

Publication NameKaplan Ap Physics B and C

LanguageEnglish

SubjectAdvanced Placement, Physics / General, Tests

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, Study Aids

AuthorCynthia Johnson

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.6 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length10.7 in

Item Width8.4 in

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Table Of ContentAbout the AuthorsKaplan Panel of AP Experts PART ONE: The BasicsChapter 1: Inside the AP Physics Exams Overview of the Exam StructureHow the Exams Are ScoredRegistration and FeesAdditional Resources Chapter 2: Strategies for Success: It's not Always How Much You Know Strategies for the AP Physics ExamsSection I: Multiple-Choice QuestionsSection II: Free-Response QuestionsStress ManagementCountdown to the Tests PART TWO: Diagnostic TestsAP Physics B Diagnostic Test How to Compute Your ScoreAnswers and Explanations AP Physics C Diagnostic Test How to Compute Your ScoreAnswers and Explanations PART THREE: AP PHYSICS REVIEWChapter 3: Kinematics and Newton's Laws of Motion Getting Started in the Right Direction: VectorsCoordinate SystemsMotion in One DimensionMotion in Two DimensionsNewton's LawsReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 4: Work, Energy, Power, and Systems of Particles Work and the Work Energy TheoremConservative Forces and Potential EnergyConservation of EnergyPowerCenter of Mass [C Exam]Impulse and MomentumConservation of Linear Momentum and CollisionsReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 5: Circular Motion, Oscillation, Gravitation Uniform Circular MotionAngular Momentum and its Conservation [C Exam]Torque and Rotational StaticsRotational Kinematics and Dynamics [C Exam]Simple Harmonic Motion (Dynamics and Energy Relationships)Mass on a SpringPendulum and Other OscillationsNewton's Law of Universal GravitationOrbits of Planets and SatellitesReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 6: Fluid Mechanics HydrostaticsHydrodynamicsReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 7: Thermal Physics Temperature, Heat, and Thermal ExpansionMacroscopic Description of Gases (Ideal Gas Law)Microscopic Description of Gases (Kinetic Theory of Gases)First and Second Laws of ThermodynamicsReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 8: Electricity ElectrostaticsCharge, Field, and PotentialCoulomb's Law; Field and Potential of Point ChargesFields and Potentials of Other Charge DistributionsGauss's Law (C Exam)CapacitorsDielectrics (C Exam)Electric CurrentsCurrent, Resistance, and PowerSteady-State Direct Currents with Batteries and ResistorsCapacitors in Circuits: Steady StateCapacitors in Circuits: Transients in RC Circuits (C Exam)Review QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 9: Magnetism Forces on Moving Charges in Magnetic FieldsForces on Current-Carrying Wires in Magnetic FieldsFields of Long Current-Carrying WiresThe Biot-Savart Law and Ampere's Law (C Exam)Faraday's LawLenz's LawInductance: Magnetic Fields in Circuits (C Exam)Maxwell's Equations (C Exam)Review QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 10: Wave Motion General Properties of WavesTraveling WavesThe Doppler EffectSuperpositionStanding WavesReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 11: Optics Geometric OpticsPhysical OpticsReview QuestionsAnswers and Explanations Chapter 12: Atomic and Nuclear Physics A Few PreliminariesPhotons and the Photoelectric EffectWave-Particle DualityThe Compton EffectAtomic Energy LevelsCharacteristic X

SynopsisA book which includes: two practice tests with answer explanations; a diagnostic test; practice questions; proven, test-specific score-raising strategies; a review of the relevant material; and, a focus on the material that appears on the AP Physics B Exam., "Kaplan AP Physics B 2006" includes: two full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations; a diagnostic test; hundreds of practice questions; proven, test-specific score-raising strategies; and, a concise review of all relevant material - not a rehash of a physics textbook, but an efficient focus on the material that frequently appears on the AP Physics B Exam.