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College Physics lessons

19 sections · 111 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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College Physics

Practice 111 skills across this outline.

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Rotational Kinematics
Rotation: Torque, Angular Momentum & Dynamics
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
19 categories
Rotation: Torque, Angular Momentum & Dynamics
5%
Modern Physics
5%
Work–Energy, Power & Conservative Forces
5%
Electrostatics: Charge, Field & Gauss's Law
5%
Geometric Optics
5%
Problem-Solving & Quantitative Tools
5%

Skills

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

Rotation: Torque, Angular Momentum & Dynamics

6 core skills5% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Rotational KinematicsRecommended
Long-form
2
Rotational Equilibrium and Newton's First LawAvailable
Long-form
3
Newton's Second Law in Rotational FormAvailable
Long-form
4
Connecting Linear and Rotational MotionAvailable
Long-form
5
Rotational InertiaAvailable
Long-form
6
TorqueAvailable
Long-form

Modern Physics

8 core skills5% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Blackbody RadiationAvailable
Long-form
2
Quantum Theory and Wave–Particle DualityAvailable
Long-form
3
Compton ScatteringAvailable
Long-form
4
Emission and Absorption SpectraAvailable
Long-form
5
Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear DecayAvailable
Long-form
6
The Photoelectric EffectAvailable
Long-form
7
Types of Radioactive DecayAvailable
Long-form
8
The Bohr Model of Atomic StructureAvailable
Long-form

Work–Energy, Power & Conservative Forces

5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form
2
PowerAvailable
Long-form
3
WorkAvailable
Long-form
4
Translational Kinetic EnergyAvailable
Long-form
5
Conservation of EnergyAvailable
Long-form

Electrostatics: Charge, Field & Gauss's Law

6 core skills5% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Electric FluxAvailable
Long-form
2
Electric Charge and Electric ForceAvailable
Long-form
3
Electric FieldsAvailable
Long-form
4
Gauss's LawAvailable
Long-form
5
Electric Fields of Charge DistributionsAvailable
Long-form
6
Conservation of Electric ChargeAvailable
Long-form

Geometric Optics

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
ReflectionAvailable
Long-form
2
Images Formed by LensesAvailable
Long-form
3
Images Formed by MirrorsAvailable
Long-form
4
RefractionAvailable
Long-form

Problem-Solving & Quantitative Tools

8 core skills5% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Derivatives/Integrals in MotionAvailable
Long-form
2
Work/Energy & Fields via IntegrationAvailable
Long-form
3
Experimental Uncertainty & Error PropagationAvailable
Long-form
4
Units, Dimensional Analysis & Significant FiguresAvailable
Long-form
5
Vectors, Components & Coordinate SystemsAvailable
Long-form
6
Graph Interpretation, Linearization & Log ScalesAvailable
Long-form
7
Differential Equations in Oscillations & CircuitsAvailable
Long-form
8
Multi-Step ModelingAvailable
Long-form

Newton's Laws & Free-Body Modeling

10 core skills5% total weight
0/10 completed
10 skills to mastery
1
Forces and Free-Body DiagramsAvailable
Long-form
2
Newton's First LawAvailable
Long-form
3
Resistive ForcesAvailable
Long-form
4
Newton's Third LawAvailable
Long-form
5
Newton's Second LawAvailable
Long-form
6
Kinetic and Static FrictionAvailable
Long-form
7
Spring ForcesAvailable
Long-form
8
Gravitational ForceAvailable
Long-form
9
Systems and Center of MassAvailable
Long-form
10
Circular MotionAvailable
Long-form

Magnetic Fields & Electromagnetism

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Magnetic Fields of Current-Carrying WiresAvailable
Long-form
2
Magnetic FieldsAvailable
Long-form
3
Magnetism and Moving ChargesAvailable
Long-form
4
Ampère's LawAvailable
Long-form

Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics

9 core skills5% total weight
0/9 completed
9 skills to mastery
1
Electromagnetic WavesAvailable
Long-form
2
Properties of Wave Pulses and WavesAvailable
Long-form
3
Boundary Behavior of Waves and PolarizationAvailable
Long-form
4
DiffractionAvailable
Long-form
5
Thin-Film InterferenceAvailable
Long-form
6
Wave Interference and Standing WavesAvailable
Long-form
7
Periodic WavesAvailable
Long-form
8
Double-Slit InterferenceAvailable
Long-form
9
The Doppler EffectAvailable
Long-form

Thermodynamics

6 core skills5% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
The Ideal Gas LawAvailable
Long-form
2
The First Law of ThermodynamicsAvailable
Long-form
3
Thermal Energy Transfer and EquilibriumAvailable
Long-form
4
Kinetic Theory of Temperature and PressureAvailable
Long-form
5
Specific Heat and Thermal ConductivityAvailable
Long-form
6
Entropy and Second Law of ThermodynamicsAvailable
Long-form

Oscillations & Simple Harmonic Motion

5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Energy of Simple Harmonic OscillatorsAvailable
Long-form
2
Defining Simple Harmonic MotionAvailable
Long-form
3
Frequency and Period of SHMAvailable
Long-form
4
Representing and Analyzing SHMAvailable
Long-form
5
Simple and Physical PendulumsAvailable
Long-form

Rotation: Energy & Angular Momentum

6 core skills5% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Conservation of Angular MomentumAvailable
Long-form
2
Torque and WorkAvailable
Long-form
3
Rotational Kinetic EnergyAvailable
Long-form
4
Motion of Orbiting SatellitesAvailable
Long-form
5
Angular Momentum and Angular ImpulseAvailable
Long-form
6
RollingAvailable
Long-form

Kinematics & Motion

5 core skills5% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Reference Frames and Relative MotionAvailable
Long-form
2
Motion in Two or Three DimensionsAvailable
Long-form
3
Displacement, Velocity, and AccelerationAvailable
Long-form
4
Representing MotionAvailable
Long-form
5
Scalars and VectorsAvailable
Long-form

Electromagnetic Induction

6 core skills5% total weight
0/6 completed
6 skills to mastery
1
Electromagnetic InductionAvailable
Long-form
2
InductanceAvailable
Long-form
3
Induced Currents and Magnetic ForcesAvailable
Long-form
4
Magnetic FluxAvailable
Long-form
5
Circuits with Resistors and InductorsAvailable
Long-form
6
Circuits with Capacitors and InductorsAvailable
Long-form

Linear Momentum & Collisions

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
MomentumAvailable
Long-form
2
Change in Momentum and ImpulseAvailable
Long-form
3
Conservation of Linear MomentumAvailable
Long-form
4
Elastic and Inelastic CollisionsAvailable
Long-form

Fluids & Hydrostatics

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
PressureAvailable
Long-form
2
Internal Structure and DensityAvailable
Long-form
3
Fluids and Conservation LawsAvailable
Long-form
4
Fluids and Newton's LawsAvailable
Long-form

DC Circuits

8 core skills5% total weight
0/8 completed
8 skills to mastery
1
Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's LawAvailable
Long-form
2
Kirchhoff's Loop RuleAvailable
Long-form
3
Electric CurrentAvailable
Long-form
4
Resistor–Capacitor (RC) CircuitsAvailable
Long-form
5
Kirchhoff's Junction RuleAvailable
Long-form
6
Electric PowerAvailable
Long-form
7
Compound Direct Current CircuitsAvailable
Long-form
8
Simple CircuitsAvailable
Long-form

Conductors & Capacitors

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Electrostatics with ConductorsAvailable
Long-form
2
CapacitorsAvailable
Long-form
3
DielectricsAvailable
Long-form
4
Redistribution of Charge Between ConductorsAvailable
Long-form

Electric Potential & Energy

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Electric Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form
2
Electric PotentialAvailable
Long-form
3
Conservation of Electric EnergyAvailable
Long-form