by darksaber21 » Tue May 29, 2012 7:36 pm
Pre-AP Chemistry will take care of about a third, if not half, of the questions of the Chemistry section. Reason being that they put questions about stoichiometry, determining chemical nomenclature, or even about neutrons, protons and neutrons. (I remember a question asking what a group or period is....). There are some tricks to it, like realizing what the number of protons/electrons in an ion is and knowing the difference. The rest of the Chemistry section is basically learned from AP, with a potential one or maybe even two questions that could be outside of the AP textbooks, but can be answered with "common sense" nonetheless.
The physics section, however, is basically AP physics, with only like three to five questions from pre-AP, typically dealing with 1-D/2-D kinematics and forces. They tend to put at least one light/lenses/mirror type question in each test, and at least one or two question(s) dealing with electricity. The best advise I could give is to really read textbooks from the recommended list and make sure you understand the material, and the math behind it.
Also, make sure you get next year's book for the physics section, since questions, 41, 42, 43, and 44, and maybe 45 and/or 46, tend to be from that book.
Now I know the stakes, and I'm willing to show what I gots. I will see you all at state for the first and final time, so let's end the year with a bang! :)
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