For AP Physics 1 teachers
40 free FRQs your students can open without an account
Exam-style free-response questions written to the 2026 AP Physics 1 framework. Each one comes with a model answer, a point-by-point scoring guide and a simulation students can run. Assign any of them to Google Classroom in one click.
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Projectile Motion: Why Horizontal Speed Doesn't Change Fall Time
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Put one on the board and change the numbers live, or send the course link so students can explore at home. Each simulation shows the physics the way the exam asks about it.
- Kinematics
- Vectors
- Newton's laws
- Friction and circular motion
- Gravitation
- Oscillations
- Waves
- Fluids
The FRQ bank
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Kinematics 9 FRQs
- 1Distance vs. Displacement: Two Hikers — Same Displacement, Different DistanceShare
- 2A Robot's Round Trip — Why Displacement and Distance Give Different AnswersShare
- 3Reading a Curved Position-Time Graph — Velocity at a Turning PointShare
- 4The Secant-to-Tangent Method on a Curved Position-Time GraphShare
- 5A Braking, Reversing Truck — Why the Sign of Acceleration Isn't "Slowing Down"Share
- 6The Rocket Sled — Two-Phase Constant Acceleration and Choosing the Right Kinematic EquationShare
- 7Free Fall — Two Balls, Two Heights: Does Falling Farther Always Mean Landing First?Share
- 8Displacement as Area Under a Velocity-Time Graph — Two RC Cars, Constant Speed vs. AcceleratingShare
- 9Reference Frames and Relative Motion — Why Does Speed Depend on Who's Watching?Share
Vectors 2 FRQs
Motion in Two Dimensions 6 FRQs
- 12Position vs. Displacement in 2D — A Curved Path and Why Distance Traveled Exceeds |Displacement|Share
- 132D Displacement Components — An AUV's Path: Are x- and y-Motion Really Independent?Share
- 14Average Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion — A Tetherball's Quarter-Revolution ΔvShare
- 15Projectile Motion Simulation — Launch Angle, Range, and Why 45° Wins (On Level Ground)Share
- 16Horizontal Launch from a Height — The Stunt Motorcycle Jump Across an AlleyShare
- 17Asymmetric Projectile Motion: Drone Taking off From a CliffShare
Systems & Centre of Mass 2 FRQs
Newton's Laws 9 FRQs
- 20Newton's First Law — Two Sliding Crates and the "More Inertia, Stops Sooner" MythShare
- 21Internal vs. External Forces — A Two-Block Train Pushed by a FanShare
- 22Newton's Second Law for Connected Systems — Two Crates, One Cable, and Why Tension Is Always Less Than the PullShare
- 23Static Friction on a Box in an Accelerating Truck — Riding vs. SlippingShare
- 24Friction in a Connected System — A Block, a Pulley, and a Hanging WeightShare
- 25Inclined Planes & Connected Masses: Finding Acceleration and TensionShare
- 26Apparent Weight in an Elevator — Why You Feel Heavier and LighterShare
- 27Newton's Third Law and the Coupling-Bar Force — A Tractor Towing a Heavier and Heavier TrailerShare
- 28Spring Force and Static Friction: Case of Curtain RodShare
Friction, Drag & Circular Motion 5 FRQs
- 29Static vs. Kinetic Friction — Measuring μₛ and μₖ From a Sliding Tool ChestShare
- 30Terminal Velocity and Drag Force — Nested Coffee Filters and v_t² vs. MassShare
- 31Vertical Circular Motion — Minimum Speed at the Top of a Stunt LoopShare
- 32Banked vs. Unbanked Curves — Same Radius, Rain Removes the FrictionShare
- 33Conical Pendulum Period — Does It Ever Match a Simple Pendulum of the Same Length?Share
Gravitation 7 FRQs
- 34Newton's Law of Gravitation — Three Spheres in Deep Space and the Zero-Force PointShare
- 35Deriving g = GM/r² — A Survey Probe Mapping a Distant Planet's GravityShare
- 36Gravitational Potential Energy in Free Fall — A Payload Dropped From 4 Earth RadiiShare
- 37Angular Momentum in Orbits Simulation — Why Planets Speed Up Near the SunShare
- 38Perihelion and Aphelion — Comet Aravalli, Conservation of Angular Momentum and EnergyShare
- 39Angular Momentum in an Elliptical Orbit — The Vyom-1 Relay SatelliteShare
- 40Escape Speed and Gravitational Potential Energy — The Callisto Return CapsuleShare
The simulation bank
Click a title to open the simulation. Click Share to post it to Google Classroom with a short prompt for students.
Kinematics 10 simulations
- 1Distance vs. Displacement on a Time GraphShare
- 2Motion in one dimension: Velocity, Acceleration and displacementShare
- 3Two runners, same average velocityShare
- 4Motion in 1 D: Velocity vs. SpeedShare
- 5How average velocity over a shrinking interval becomes instantaneous velocityShare
- 6What is the difference between average acceleration and instantaneous acceleration?Share
- 7Kinematics of Free Fall: Motion Under GravityShare
- 8Position, Displacement, Velocity & Acceleration in 2 DShare
- 9Velocity in 2 D MotionShare
- 102D Kinematics Simulation: Independence of Axes in Projectile MotionShare
Vectors 2 simulations
Newton's Laws of Motion 12 simulations
- 13Newton's First Law of Motion: When ΣF = 0Share
- 14How to Find Acceleration from Net ForceShare
- 15Newton's Third Law: Action-Reaction Pairs and Why They Don't CancelShare
- 16Why You Lurch Forward When the Bus Stops — Inertia SimulationShare
- 17Normal Force: Why It Equals mg Only on a Flat SurfaceShare
- 18Friction: How Static Force Builds to a Limit, Then Kinetic Takes OverShare
- 19Which Way Does Friction Point on a Box in a Moving Truck?Share
- 20Tension: Why an Ideal Rope Carries the Same Pull ThroughoutShare
- 21Which Mass Wins? Dynamics of Connected Masses on an InclineShare
- 22Elevator Physics: True Weight vs. Apparent Weight SimulationShare
- 23Vertical Circular Motion: The Minimum Speed at the Top of a LoopShare
- 24Spring Forces: Hooke's Law, Restoring Force & the Spring ConstantShare
Friction, Drag Force & Uniform Circular Motion 6 simulations
- 25Static vs Kinetic Friction on a Flat SurfaceShare
- 26Static vs Kinetic Friction on an InclineShare
- 27Terminal Velocity Simulation: Drag ForceShare
- 28How Speed and Radius Affect Centripetal ForceShare
- 29Banked Curves: How a Tilted Road Supplies Centripetal ForceShare
- 30Conical Pendulum Period — Does It Ever Match a Simple Pendulum of the Same Length?Share
Gravitation 6 simulations
- 31Newton's gravitational force formula: F = Gm₁m₂/r²Share
- 32🛰️ Gravitational Field: Why g Falls as 1/r²Share
- 33Visualising Gravitational Potential Energy: U = −GMm/rShare
- 34Why does escape speed NOT depend on mass?Share
- 35Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion: What does T² ∝ r³ actually meanShare
- 36Why do planets speed up near the sun - Conservation of angular momentum in orbitsShare
Oscillations and Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) 9 simulations
- 37What is SHM and how is it defined?Share
- 38Comparing Two Sinusoidal Waves in SHMShare
- 39Displacement Velocity and Acceleration in Simple Harmonic MotionShare
- 40Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy of a Simple Harmonic OscillatorShare
- 41Visualize Harmonic Motion: Real-Time Simple Pendulum Force AnalysisShare
- 42Understanding angular frequency through circle reference modelShare
- 43Damped Oscillations: Why SHM Dies Out (and Gets Slower)Share
- 44SHM: Mass Between Two Springs - Why Effective Spring Constant is 2k (Not k/2)Share
- 45Inelastic Collisions: Measuring Bullet Speed with a SpringShare
Waves 3 simulations
Fluids 8 simulations
- 49What are Streamlines in Bernoulli's PrincipleShare
- 50Bernoulli's PrincipleShare
- 51⚓Float or Sink? Archimedes' Principle in ActionShare
- 52Archimedes' Principle - Conditions for FloatationShare
- 53Continuity and Bernoulli's EquationShare
- 54Reading Gas Pressure from an Open-End ManometerShare
- 55Reading Atmospheric Pressure with a Mercury BarometerShare
- 56How Does Pascal's Law Help Lift Heavy ObjectsShare
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