Physics - Regents Physics Content and Exam Review

Explore one dimensional kinematics by distinguishing distance versus displacement, speed versus velocity, and acceleration, and apply motion graphs and the five kinematic equations to solve problems.

Explore one-dimensional kinematics with vector displacement, magnitude, and resultant displacement; compute average speed, graph distance-time and speed-time relationships, and determine acceleration from slopes.

Plot velocity data to compute acceleration from the best-fit line slope, handle outliers, and apply angle, height, and free-fall calculations to determine rocket height and fall time.

Explore projectile motion by separating horizontal and vertical motion, building an x-y table, and solving two-dimensional motion with gravity and initial velocity components.

Learn to analyze projectile motion by decomposing an 80 m/s launch at 30 degrees into vx and vy, estimating time of flight, range, and maximum height along a parabolic path.

explore two-dimensional motion with a projectile-focused worksheet, analyzing 45° and 60° launches and deriving time of flight and horizontal distance, while applying circular motion and gravity concepts.

Explore two-dimensional motion through projectile motion, gravity-driven acceleration, and net force concepts, then apply horizontal range, time of flight, and parabolic paths, including centripetal acceleration in circular motion.

Apply Newton's laws to dynamics with free-body diagrams, identify inertia and equilibrium, and relate net force, mass, and acceleration using F = ma.

Examine uniform circular motion with centripetal acceleration and net force, and review spring forces, static and kinetic friction, and universal gravitation, including gravitational field and weight concepts.

Analyzed a dynamics worksheet on force balance, free-body diagrams, and friction to determine weight, normal force, and the coefficient of friction for a 5 kg block pushed with 20 N.

Calculate gravitational forces using F = G m1 m2 / r^2 for Earth–Moon and analyze acceleration due to gravity. Practice net force, friction, and normal force on blocks and inclines.

Explore how work, energy, and power relate, defining kinetic and potential energy (gravitational and elastic), and applying the work-energy theorem and conservation of energy in isolated systems.

Explore energy topics in Regents physics through spring and gravitational potential energy problems, graph interpretation, and determining spring constants and pendulum periods from data.

Explore free-response energy problems from regence exams, covering kinetic energy, photon energy, conservation of energy, gravitational and elastic potential energy, work, friction, and rollercoaster dynamics.

Explore momentum, impulse, and the conservation of momentum in isolated systems, comparing elastic and inelastic collisions, and applying the impulse momentum relationship to solve problems.

Explore momentum concepts through short, past Regents momentum problems, teaching momentum before and after collisions, impulse, and how sticky collisions conserve momentum to find final speeds.

Examine electrostatics concepts with field lines, electric fields between parallel plates, Coulomb's law, and the inverse-square dependence of force; compare gravitational and electrostatic forces at atomic scales.

Define current as charge flow and emphasize a closed circuit with a potential difference. Explain Ohm's law, resistance, and how temperature changes resistance.

Explore how series and parallel circuits differ in current, voltage, and resistance, apply Ohm's law with meters, and analyze power and energy in circuits.

Explore series and parallel circuits using a VR table to organize data and solve for voltages, currents, and total resistance with Ohm's law.

Explore electricity problem solving for regents physics with a free-response worksheet: analyze series and parallel circuits, compute equivalent resistance with ohm's law, and apply power using ammeter and voltmeter.

Explore electricity concepts in Regents physics by solving resistance, voltage, and power problems, including series and parallel circuits, energy calculations, and Ohm's law.

Explore magnetism fundamentals, including dipoles with north and south poles, field lines and strength, moving charges generating fields, earth’s dipole field, and how compasses align with the field, measured in tesla.

Explore mechanical waves, including pulses, transverse and longitudinal waves, with interference, standing waves, nodes and antinodes, wavelength, frequency, speed, Doppler effect, resonance, and diffraction.

Practice solving mechanical transverse wave problems, determine amplitude and wavelength, analyze wave speed, and apply Doppler effect and standing wave concepts in Regents physics waves review.

Explore optics fundamentals, including electromagnetic waves, visible light, reflection and refraction, Snell's law, indices of refraction, dispersion, and total internal reflection.

Explore optics concepts through reflection and refraction, calculating incidence and reflection angles at water-air interfaces. Apply Snell's law to determine refraction angles and wavelength changes.

Explore the evolution of atomic models from Thomson's plum pudding to Rutherford's nuclear model and Bohr's quantized energy levels, linking photon energy and the photoelectric effect.

Explore modern physics problem solving: compute photon energy from frequency with Planck's constant, apply energy and momentum conservation, quark basics, mass–energy equivalence, and photon-induced transitions in mercury revealing infrared spectra.