AP®︎ Physics 1: Topic 1.2 Practice Test
Prepare for your quiz, test, or the AP exam with focused practice questions on Topic 1.2 of AP Physics 1 – Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration.
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Topic 1.2
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Explore the learning objectives taken directly from the College Board’s AP® Physics 1 Curriculum. Ensure you’re prepared for the exact topics covered on the AP® exam, in-class tests, and quizzes, and gain confidence in your mastery of the material.
Topic 1.2: Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration
Learning Objective: 1.2.A
Describe a change in an object’s position.
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.A.1
When using the object model, the size, shape, and internal configuration are ignored. The object may be treated as a single point with extensive properties such as mass and charge.
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.A.2
Displacement is the change in an object’s position. Relevant equation:
Learning Objective: 1.2.B
Describe the average velocity and acceleration of an object.
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.B.1
Averages of velocity and acceleration are calculated considering the initial and final states of an object over an interval of time.
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.B.2
Average velocity is the displacement of an object divided by the interval of time in which that displacement occurs. Relevant equation:
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.B.3
Average acceleration is the change in velocity divided by the interval of time in which that change in velocity occurs. Relevant equation:
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.B.4
An object is accelerating if the magnitude and/or direction of the object’s velocity are changing.
Essential Knowledge: 1.2.B.5
Calculating average velocity or average acceleration over a very small time interval yields a value that is very close to the instantaneous velocity or instantaneous acceleration.
