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College Board AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based physics-2-algebra-based
117 points in 7 topics, with College Board's codes and titles.
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9 Thermodynamics
- 9.1 Kinetic Theory of Temperature and Pressure
- 9.1.A Gas pressure and atomic motion
- 9.1.B Temperature and atomic motion
- 9.2 The Ideal Gas Law
- 9.2.A Properties of an ideal gas
- 9.3 Thermal Energy Transfer and Equilibrium
- 9.3.A Thermal energy transfer between systems
- 9.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics
- 9.4.A Internal energy
- 9.4.B Thermodynamic processes
- 9.5 Specific Heat and Thermal Conductivity
- 9.5.A Energy to change temperature
- 9.5.B Rate of thermal conduction
- 9.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
- 9.6.A Entropy change over time
10 Electric Force, Field, and Potential
- 10.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
- 10.1.A Electric force between charged objects
- 10.1.B Electric and gravitational forces on charged masses
- 10.1.C Electric permittivity
- 10.2 Conservation of Electric Charge and the Process of Charging
- 10.2.A Conservation of charge
- 10.3 Electric Fields
- 10.3.A Electric field of point charges
- 10.3.B Electric fields of charged conductors and insulators
- 10.4 Electric Potential Energy
- 10.4.A Electric potential energy
- 10.5 Electric Potential
- 10.5.A Electric potential of charged objects
- 10.5.B Electric potential and electric field
- 10.6 Capacitors
- 10.6.A Parallel-plate capacitors
- 10.7 Conservation of Electric Energy
- 10.7.A Energy changes from a potential difference
11 Electric Circuits
- 11.1 Electric Current
- 11.1.A Movement of charge through a medium
- 11.2 Simple Circuits
- 11.2.A Behaviour of a circuit
- 11.3 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm’s Law
- 11.3.A Resistance from physical properties
- 11.3.B Electrical characteristics of circuit elements
- 11.4 Electric Power
- 11.4.A Power and energy transfer in circuits
- 11.5 Compound Direct Current (DC) Circuits
- 11.5.A Equivalent resistance
- 11.5.B Batteries with internal resistance
- 11.5.C Measuring current and potential difference
- 11.6 Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule
- 11.6.A Kirchhoff’s loop rule
- 11.7 Kirchhoff’s Junction Rule
- 11.7.A Kirchhoff’s junction rule
- 11.8 Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits
- 11.8.A Equivalent capacitance
- 11.8.B Resistor–capacitor circuits
12 Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- 12.1 Magnetic Fields
- 12.1.A Properties of magnetic fields
- 12.1.B Magnetic dipoles and magnetic materials
- 12.1.C Magnetic permeability
- 12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges
- 12.2.A Magnetic fields of moving charges
- 12.2.B Magnetic force on moving charges
- 12.3 Magnetism and Current-Carrying Wires
- 12.3.A Magnetic field of a current-carrying wire
- 12.3.B Magnetic force on a current-carrying wire
- 12.4 Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Law
- 12.4.A Induced potential difference from changing flux
13 Geometric Optics
14 Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
- 14.1 Properties of Wave Pulses and Waves
- 14.1.A Properties of waves and pulses
- 14.2 Periodic Waves
- 14.2.A Properties of periodic waves
- 14.3 Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization
- 14.3.A Waves at a boundary
- 14.4 Electromagnetic Waves
- 14.4.A Electromagnetic waves
- 14.5 The Doppler Effect
- 14.5.A The Doppler effect
- 14.6 Wave Interference and Standing Waves
- 14.6.A Superposition of waves
- 14.6.B Standing waves
- 14.7 Diffraction
- 14.7.A Single-slit diffraction
- 14.8 Double-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings
- 14.8.A Multiple-slit interference and diffraction
- 14.9 Thin-Film Interference
- 14.9.A Thin-film interference
15 Modern Physics
- 15.1 Quantum Theory and Wave-Particle Duality
- 15.1.A Wave–particle duality
- 15.2 The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure
- 15.2.A Properties of atoms
- 15.3 Emission and Absorption Spectra
- 15.3.A Emission and absorption of photons by atoms
- 15.4 Blackbody Radiation
- 15.4.A Thermal radiation from objects
- 15.5 The Photoelectric Effect
- 15.5.A The photoelectric effect
- 15.6 Compton Scattering
- 15.6.A Compton scattering
- 15.7 Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay
- 15.7.A Constraints on nuclei and subatomic particles
- 15.7.B Radioactive decay of a sample
- 15.8 Types of Radioactive Decay
- 15.8.A Decay processes of individual nuclei