AP Physics C Summer Work
1. Intro to Textbook and unit conversions.
 Check out the textbook from the library
 Look at chapter 1 and answer the question on the attached sheet from the end of the
chapter.
2. Into to vocab and kinematics
 Go to http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/1DKin/
 Read through lesson 1 parts a-e. Answer the quiz question and check your
understanding.
 There is nothing collected for this. Just be ready to for a fast paced course.
 If you have time, I recommend looking through the Lessons 2,3,4 of kinematic lessons to
get a preview of what we are studying and a head start for the year.
3. Powers of ten.
 No written assignment here. Just some cool sites to make you think.
 Check out http://www.htwins.net/scale2/
 Another great video is this classic. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110201.html
Book work Chapter 1
These are the problems from you text book. Be sure to refer back to the text for help with the problems
and check the back of the book for the answers to the odd questions.
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True or false: Two quantities must have the same dimensions in order to be multiplied.
21. Write each of the following without using prefixes: (a) 40 W,
(b) 4 ns, (c) 3 MW, (d) 25 km.
Example a) 40 W  40  106 W  0.000040 W
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In the following equations, the distance x is in meters, the time t is in seconds, and the
velocity v is in meters per second. What are the SI units of the constants C1 and C2?
(a) x = C1 + C2t,
(a) Because x is in meters, C1 and
C2t must be in meters:
Example a)
C1 is in m; C2 is in m/s
(b) x = 12 C1t2,
(c) v2 = 2C1x,
(d) x = C1 cos C2t,
(e) v2 = 2C1v – (C2x)2.
35 In the following, x is in meters, t is in seconds, v is in meters per second, and the acceleration a is
in meters per second squared. Find the SI units of each combination:
(a) v2/x,
(b)
x/a ,
(c) 12 at2.
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• Write the following in scientific notation:
(a) 1345100 m = __________ km
(b) 12340. kW = ________ MW
(c) 54.32 ps = ___________ s
(d) 3.0 m = ________________ mm
51 •• A square peg must be made to fit through a square hole. If you have a square peg that has an
edge length of 4.29 102 m, and the square hole has an edge length of 4.32  102 m, (a) what is the
area of the space available when the peg is in the hole?