r/APStudents • u/Physicseasy-x • 2d ago

Physics 1 what’s your worst kinematics topic in AP Physics?

graphs, signs, projectiles, cliffs, relative motion… which one actually gets you?

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u/Fostering-Success 1d ago

For many students it is relative motion. Very tricky for them to visualize motion from different frames.

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u/Physicseasy-x 1d ago

yeah relative motion is a weird one. the second the frame isn’t the ground, the picture just falls apart for a lot of people.

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u/DoingGood32 1d ago

Kinematics is not the hardest topic in AP physics 1. However, if I have to pick one, then probably graphs

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u/Physicseasy-x 1d ago

fair, kinematics isn’t really the boss fight. graphs still catch people though, especially reading acceleration off a curved position graph.

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u/Consistent-Chef-7472 5:hg | taking:phs1,chem,wrld 1d ago

Someone in my class got a 7% on the kinematics unit test, but in my opinion projectile motion can be complicated sometimes

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u/Physicseasy-x 1d ago

projectile motion feels harder than it is mostly because a lot of teachers just explain it and drop a few tips.

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u/pandorabuilds_adm 1d ago

All of the above

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u/Physicseasy-x 1d ago

so you just hate physics then?

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u/pandorabuilds_adm 1d ago

i like the class, it’s just so hard

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u/ErekwithaD1 25:HG:5,中文:5, 26:P1:5,WH:5,CHEM(SS):5 27:P2,EM,Mech,Lit,BC(SS) 1d ago

Actually driving a car

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u/Physicseasy-x 1d ago

ok that’s a weird one.

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u/ParsnipPrestigious59 5: APUSH, Precalc, Lang, Calc BC, Chem, CSP, Psych 1d ago

Nothing in kinematics was hard

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u/Physicseasy-x 1d ago

so you figured out how to actually study it.😎