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AP Physics 2 · Lessons

AP Physics 2 lessons

7 sections · 46 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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AP Physics 2

Practice 46 skills across this outline.

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Wave Interference and Standing Waves
Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
7 categories
Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
14%
Electric Force, Field, and Potential
14%
Thermodynamics
14%
Modern Physics
14%
Geometric Optics
14%
Electric Circuits
14%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of ap physics 2 — drill into a card to work its skills.

Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics

9 core skills14% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Wave Interference and Standing WavesRecommended
Long-form
2
Boundary Behavior of Waves and PolarizationAvailable
Long-form
3
DiffractionAvailable
Long-form
4
Double-Slit InterferenceAvailable
Long-form
5
Electromagnetic WavesAvailable
Long-form
6
Periodic WavesAvailable
Long-form
7
Properties of Wave Pulses and WavesAvailable
Long-form
8
The Doppler EffectAvailable
Long-form
9
Thin-Film InterferenceAvailable
Long-form

Electric Force, Field, and Potential

7 core skills14% total weight
0/7 completed
7 skills to mastery
1
Electric FieldsAvailable
Long-form
2
CapacitorsAvailable
Long-form
3
Conservation of Electric EnergyAvailable
Long-form
4
Conservation of Electric Charge and ChargingAvailable
Long-form
5
Electric Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form
6
Electric Charge and Electric ForceAvailable
Long-form
7
Electric PotentialAvailable
Long-form

Thermodynamics

6 core skills14% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Kinetic Theory of Temperature and PressureAvailable
Long-form
2
Entropy and Second Law of ThermodynamicsAvailable
Long-form
3
Specific Heat and Thermal ConductivityAvailable
Long-form
4
The Ideal Gas LawAvailable
Long-form
5
The First Law of ThermodynamicsAvailable
Long-form
6
Thermal Energy Transfer and EquilibriumAvailable
Long-form

Modern Physics

8 core skills14% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear DecayAvailable
Long-form
2
Blackbody RadiationAvailable
Long-form
3
Compton ScatteringAvailable
Long-form
4
Emission and Absorption SpectraAvailable
Long-form
5
Quantum Theory and Wave–Particle DualityAvailable
Long-form
6
The Bohr Model of Atomic StructureAvailable
Long-form
7
The Photoelectric EffectAvailable
Long-form
8
Types of Radioactive DecayAvailable
Long-form

Geometric Optics

4 core skills14% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
ReflectionAvailable
Long-form
2
Images Formed by MirrorsAvailable
Long-form
3
Images Formed by LensesAvailable
Long-form
4
RefractionAvailable
Long-form

Electric Circuits

8 core skills14% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Compound Direct Current (DC) CircuitsAvailable
Long-form
2
Electric CurrentAvailable
Long-form
3
Electric PowerAvailable
Long-form
4
Kirchhoff's Loop RuleAvailable
Long-form
5
Kirchhoff's Junction RuleAvailable
Long-form
6
Resistor–Capacitor (RC) CircuitsAvailable
Long-form
7
Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's LawAvailable
Long-form
8
Simple CircuitsAvailable
Long-form

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

4 core skills14% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's LawAvailable
Long-form
2
Magnetic FieldsAvailable
Long-form
3
Magnetism and Current-Carrying WiresAvailable
Long-form
4
Magnetism and Moving ChargesAvailable
Long-form