AP Physics 1 2016 HW PDF
AP Physics 1 2016 HW PDF
AP Physics 1 2016 HW PDF
For questions 131 through 134, select the two best answer choices for each question.
After you have decided which two choices are best, completely fill in the two
corresponding circles on the answer sheet. Here is a sample question and answer.
Use your time effectively, working as quickly as you can without losing accuracy. Do not
spend too much time on any one question. Go on to other questions and come back to
the ones you have not answered if you have time. It is not expected that everyone will
know the answers to all of the multiple-choice questions.
Your total score on Section I is based only on the number of questions answered correctly.
Points are not deducted for incorrect answers or unanswered questions.
Form I
Form Code 4MBP4-S
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AP PHYSICS 1 TABLE OF INFORMATION
CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
Proton mass, mp = 1.67 ¥ 10-27 kg Electron charge magnitude, e = 1.60 ¥ 10 -19 C
Neutron mass, mn = 1.67 ¥ 10 -27 kg Coulomb’s law constant, k = 1 4 pe0 = 9.0 ¥ 10 9 N m 2 C2
Universal gravitational
Electron mass, me = 9.11 ¥ 10 -31 kg -11
constant, G = 6.67 ¥ 10 m 3 kgs2
Acceleration due to gravity
Speed of light, c = 3.00 ¥ 108 m s at Earth’s surface, g = 9.8 m s
2
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AP PHYSICS 1 EQUATIONS
MECHANICS ELECTRICITY
à x = Ãx 0 + a x t a = acceleration q1q2 A = area
A = amplitude FE = k F = force
r2
1 d = distance I = current
x = x0 + Ãx 0 t + ax t 2 Dq
2 E = energy I = = length
Dt
f = frequency P = power
Ãx2 = Ãx20 + 2 a x ( x - x0 ) F = force R=
r
q = charge
I = rotational inertia A R = resistance
a=
 F = Fnet K = kinetic energy I =
DV r = separation
m m k = spring constant R t = time
L = angular momentum P = I DV V = electric potential
Ff £ m Fn
= length Rs = Â Ri r = resistivity
m = mass i
Ã2
ac =
 Ri
1 1
r
P = power =
p = momentum Rp i
p = mv r = radius or separation
T = period
Dp = F Dt t = time WAVES
U = potential energy f = frequency
1 2 v
K= mv V = volume l = v = speed
2 f
v = speed l = wavelength
DE = W = F d = Fd cos q W = work done on a system
GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY
x = position
DE y = height Rectangle A = area
P= a = angular acceleration A = bh C = circumference
Dt
m = coefficient of friction V = volume
1 2 Triangle S = surface area
q = q0 + w0t + at q = angle
2 1 b = base
r = density A= bh
2 h = height
w = w0 + at t = torque = length
w = angular speed Circle
x = A cos (2 p ft ) w = width
A = pr 2 r = radius
 t = t net DUg = mg Dy C = 2 pr
a=
I I
2p 1 Right triangle
T = = Rectangular solid
t = r^ F = rF sin q w f V = wh c 2 = a 2 + b2
L = Iw a
Ts = 2 p
m Cylinder sin q =
k c
DL = t Dt V = pr 2
b
S = 2 pr + 2 pr 2 cos q =
1 2 Tp = 2 p c
K = Iw g a
2 Sphere tan q =
m1m2 b
Fs = k x Fg = G 4 3
r2 V = pr c
3 a
Us =
1 2
kx Fg S = 4pr 2 q 90°
2 g = b
m
m
r= UG = -
Gm1m2
V r
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PHYSICS 1
Section I
40 Questions
Time—90 minutes
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by four suggested answers or
completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet.
1. A kitten sits in a lightweight basket near the 2. A solid metal bar is at rest on a horizontal
edge of a table. A person accidentally knocks frictionless surface. It is free to rotate about
the basket off the table. As the kitten and basket a vertical axis at the left end. The figures below
fall, the kitten rolls, turns, kicks, and catches the show forces of different magnitudes that are
basket in its claws. The basket lands on the floor exerted on the bar at different locations. In which
with the kitten safely inside. If air resistance case does the bar’s angular speed about the axis
is negligible, what is the acceleration of the increase at the fastest rate?
kitten-basket system while the kitten and basket
(A)
are in midair?
(A) The acceleration is directed downward with
magnitude less than g because the basket
is light.
(B) The acceleration is directed downward with (B)
magnitude equal to g because the system
is a projectile.
(C) The acceleration fluctuates because of the
rolling, turning, and kicking motion of the
(C)
kitten.
(D) The acceleration cannot be determined
without knowing how hard the basket
is pushed.
(D)
(A) Ff < FT
(B) Ff = FT
(C) FT < Ff < 2 FT
(D) Ff = 2 FT
15. A 1.0 kg lump of clay is sliding to the right on a 17. A speaker is at rest at the side of a straight road.
frictionless surface with speed 2 m s . It collides The speaker produces a steady sound of constant
head-on and sticks to a 0.5 kg metal sphere that is frequency. A student is standing still near the
sliding to the left with speed 4 m s . What is the speaker. Two vehicles are driven down the road:
a truck approaching the speaker and a car moving
kinetic energy of the combined objects after the away from the speaker. If the sound is represented
collision? by wave fronts, the student and the vehicle drivers
(A) 6J each observe a different amount of time between
(B) 4J successive wave fronts: t s for the student, tt for
(C) 2J the truck driver, and tc for the car driver. Which
(D) 0J
of the following correctly ranks the times?
(A) t s < tt < tc
(B) tc < t s < tt
(C) tt < t s < tc
(D) tt < tc < t s
(B)
(C)
(D)
(C)
A parabolic path
(D)
A circular path
(C) (D)
(B)
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Section II: Free-Response Questions
At a Glance
Total Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Number of Questions
5
Percent of Total Score
50%
Writing Instrument
Either pencil or pen with
black or dark blue ink
Electronic Device
Calculator allowed
Suggested Time
Approximately
25 minutes each for
questions 2 and 3 and
13 minutes each for
questions 1, 4, and 5 Instructions
Weight The questions for Section II are printed in this booklet. You may use any blank space in
Approximate weights:
Questions 2 and 3: the booklet for scratch work, but you must write your answers in the spaces provided for
26% each each answer. A table of information and lists of equations that may be helpful are in the
Questions 1, 4 and 5: booklet. Calculators, rulers, and straightedges may be used in this section.
16% each
All final numerical answers should include appropriate units. Credit for your work
depends on demonstrating that you know which physical principles would be appropriate
to apply in a particular situation. Therefore, you should show your work for each part in
the space provided after that part. If you need more space, be sure to clearly indicate
where you continue your work. Credit will be awarded only for work that is clearly
designated as the solution to a specific part of a question. Credit also depends on the
quality of your solutions and explanations, so you should show your work.
Write clearly and legibly. Cross out any errors you make; erased or crossed-out work will
not be scored. You may lose credit for incorrect work that is not crossed out.
Manage your time carefully. You may proceed freely from one question to the next. You
may review your responses if you finish before the end of the exam is announced.
Form I
Form Code 4MBP4-S
83
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AP PHYSICS 1 TABLE OF INFORMATION
CONSTANTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS
Proton mass, mp = 1.67 ¥ 10-27 kg Electron charge magnitude, e = 1.60 ¥ 10 -19 C
Neutron mass, mn = 1.67 ¥ 10 -27 kg Coulomb’s law constant, k = 1 4 pe0 = 9.0 ¥ 10 9 N m 2 C2
Universal gravitational
Electron mass, me = 9.11 ¥ 10 -31 kg -11
constant, G = 6.67 ¥ 10 m 3 kgs2
Acceleration due to gravity
Speed of light, c = 3.00 ¥ 108 m s at Earth’s surface, g = 9.8 m s
2
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AP PHYSICS 1 EQUATIONS
MECHANICS ELECTRICITY
à x = Ãx 0 + a x t a = acceleration q1q2 A = area
A = amplitude FE = k F = force
r2
1 d = distance I = current
x = x0 + Ãx 0 t + ax t 2 Dq
2 E = energy I = = length
Dt
f = frequency P = power
Ãx2 = Ãx20 + 2 a x ( x - x0 ) F = force R=
r
q = charge
I = rotational inertia A R = resistance
a=
 F = Fnet K = kinetic energy I =
DV r = separation
m m k = spring constant R t = time
L = angular momentum P = I DV V = electric potential
Ff £ m Fn
= length Rs = Â Ri r = resistivity
m = mass i
Ã2
ac =
 Ri
1 1
r
P = power =
p = momentum Rp i
p = mv r = radius or separation
T = period
Dp = F Dt t = time WAVES
U = potential energy f = frequency
1 2 v
K= mv V = volume l = v = speed
2 f
v = speed l = wavelength
DE = W = F d = Fd cos q W = work done on a system
GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY
x = position
DE y = height Rectangle A = area
P= a = angular acceleration A = bh C = circumference
Dt
m = coefficient of friction V = volume
1 2 Triangle S = surface area
q = q0 + w0t + at q = angle
2 1 b = base
r = density A= bh
2 h = height
w = w0 + at t = torque = length
w = angular speed Circle
x = A cos (2 p ft ) w = width
A = pr 2 r = radius
 t = t net DUg = mg Dy C = 2 pr
a=
I I
2p 1 Right triangle
T = = Rectangular solid
t = r^ F = rF sin q w f V = wh c 2 = a 2 + b2
L = Iw a
Ts = 2 p
m Cylinder sin q =
k c
DL = t Dt V = pr 2
b
S = 2 pr + 2 pr 2 cos q =
1 2 Tp = 2 p c
K = Iw g a
2 Sphere tan q =
m1m2 b
Fs = k x Fg = G 4 3
r2 V = pr c
3 a
Us =
1 2
kx Fg S = 4pr 2 q 90°
2 g = b
m
m
r= UG = -
Gm1m2
V r
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PHYSICS 1
Section II
5 Questions
Time—90 minutes
Directions: Questions 1, 4 and 5 are short free-response questions that require about 13 minutes each to answer and
are worth 7 points each. Questions 2 and 3 are long free-response questions that require about 25 minutes each to
answer and are worth 12 points each. Show your work for each part in the space provided after that part.
(c) Blocks A and B (both of mass m) are moved to a different frictionless track, as shown above. Let v A be the
minimum initial speed for block A that allows block B to make it over the hump in the track. Block A is then
replaced with a larger block, block C, which has mass 2m, as shown below.
Block C makes a completely inelastic collision with block B so that both blocks stick together and travel
along the track. What is the minimum initial speed vC that block C must have so that the two-block system
makes it over the hump? Express your answer in terms of v A .
ii. Without using equations, explain why making h2 very small would cause d to be small, even though
h1 would be large.
(c)
i. Write the equation or step in your derivation in part (b) (not your final answer) that supports your
reasoning in part (a)i.
ii. Write the equation or step in your derivation in part (b) (not your final answer) that supports your
reasoning in part (a)ii.
(d) If the experiment is repeated on the Moon without changing h1 or h2 , will the new landing distance d be
greater than, less than, or the same as the landing distance when the experiment is performed on Earth?
____ Greater than ____ Less than ____ The same as
Briefly explain how you arrived at your answer.
ii. What equipment would be used for the measurements, and how would that equipment be used?
Include a labeled diagram of the experimental setup.
iii. Describe the overall procedure to be used. Give enough detail so that another student could replicate
the experiment.
iv. Describe how the force can be determined from the measurements described in parts (a)i–iii.
ii. What equipment would be used for the measurements, and how would that equipment be used?
Include a labeled diagram of the experimental setup.
iii. Describe the overall procedure to be used. Give enough detail so that another student could replicate
the experiment.
(c) Describe how to analyze the data from the experiment described in parts (b)i–iii in order to determine the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the track. Your analysis may include the force F exerted
by the air on the fan-block system. Do not add to the free-body diagram in part (b)iv.
Two ladybugs are standing on a rotating disk that is spinning counterclockwise, as shown in the figure above.
Assume that friction in the bearings of the axle is negligible.
(a)
i. Is the angular speed of ladybug A greater than, less than, or the same as the angular speed of
ladybug B ?
____ Greater ____ Less ____ The same
Briefly justify your answer.
ii. Is the linear speed of ladybug A greater than, less than, or the same as the linear speed of ladybug B ?
____ Greater ____ Less ____ The same
Briefly justify your answer.
(c) In a different scenario, a single ladybug is standing near the edge of the disk at a distance of 0.9R from the
center, where R is the radius of the disk, as shown in Figure 1 below. The rotational inertia of the ladybug-
disk system is I1 , and the disk completes one rotation in 2.5 s. The ladybug then walks toward the center of
the disk to a distance of 0.1R from the center and comes to a stop relative to the disk, as shown in Figure 2.
Now the rotational inertia of the system is I 2 , and the disk completes one rotation every 2.0 s.
ii. While the ladybug is walking toward the center of the disk, does it exert a torque on the disk?
____ Yes ____ No
Briefly explain your reasoning.
If the fundamental frequency of the piano string is close to the frequency of the tuning fork, the phenomenon
illustrated in wave 3 is detectable by ear. A piano tuner can loosen or tighten a piano string to change the
fundamental frequency of the string.
(c) In a clear, coherent paragraph-length response referring to the graphs on the previous page, describe how
and why the graph of wave 3, including the locations of points A and B, would change as the piano tuner
loosens or tightens the string. Your response should also describe how the sound heard by the piano tuner
changes during the process of adjusting the frequency of the string and how the piano tuner can tell when the
string’s frequency matches that of the tuning fork.
STOP
END OF EXAM
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