Physics Midterm

Your semester exam will include material from the entire year. If you look at the past units still on the wiki there are major points from each unit and the solution sets to review sheets from each unit.

To summarize what we have done this year we have only done two major topics. Kinematics (the study of motion) and Forces (determines how/why motion does or doesn't change). Please look at the past units to examine how they are subdivided.

There will be 25 multiple choice questions.

Many will be conceptual in nature such as a constant unbalanced force causes a. a constant acceleration, b. an increasing acceleration, c. a decreasing acceleration, or d. none of the above?

Some questions will be mathematical in nature. You might be given a velocity vs. time graph and you have to determine the acceleration.

You are allowed to bring a "cheat sheet" to use during the exam. However it must be YOURS not someone else's, 8.5 x 11 inch paper, and hand-written (some exceptions if you talk to me ahead of time). You can put anything on it, such as equations, definitions, worked out problems, etc.

It is scaled because there is NO partial credit. The scale however is predetermined and based not on how you do, but on how students have historically done. So...if you do average compared to how students have done in the past then your grade will reflect that.

This exam will count on the second quarter.

MidTerm Review Practice Questions-From Algebra based AP Physics

Answers:

1. E, 2. D, 3. C, 4. B, 5. E, 6. D, 7. D, D, 13. D, 14. A

Easy Practice Multiple Choice Questions

Keep in mind these are questions based on a FULL year of FRESHMAN physics. However, there are a handful of questions that are appropriate. 

More challenging questions. 1-13, 16, 20 and open response 1A are appropriate.