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AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
9 sections available · 46 chapters available
Free AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based revision notes for AP (Advanced Placement) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Unit 9: Thermodynamics
Kinetic Theory of Temperature and Pressure
The Ideal Gas Law
Thermal Energy Transfer and Equilibrium
The First Law of Thermodynamics
Specific Heat and Thermal Conductivity
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Course Content
Unit 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
Electric Charge and Electric Force
Conservation of Electric Charge and the Process of Charging
Electric Fields
Electric Potential Energy
Electric Potential
Capacitors
Conservation of Electric Energy
Unit 11: Electric Circuits
Electric Current
Simple Circuits
Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law
Electric Power
Compound Direct Current (DC) Circuits
Kirchhoff's Loop Rule
Kirchhoff's Junction Rule
Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Magnetic Fields
Magnetism and Moving Charges
Magnetism and Current-Carrying Wires
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
Unit 13: Geometric Optics
Reflection
Images Formed by Mirrors
Refraction
Images Formed by Lenses
Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics — Waves and Sound
Properties of Wave Pulses and Waves
Periodic Waves
Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization
Electromagnetic Waves
The Doppler Effect
Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics — Interference and Diffraction
Wave Interference and Standing Waves
Diffraction
Double-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings
Thin-Film Interference
Unit 15: Modern Physics
Quantum Theory and Wave-Particle Duality
The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure
Emission and Absorption Spectra
Blackbody Radiation
The Photoelectric Effect
Compton Scattering
Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay
Types of Radioactive Decay
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