Physics 2 · Lessons

Physics 2 lessons

8 sections · 66 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

Physics 2

Practice 66 skills across this outline.

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Electric Potential from Point Charges
Electric Potential · Potential and Potential Energy
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
21 categories
Modern Physics Connections
13%
Problem-Solving & Representations · Quantitative Workflow
9%
Electric Potential · Capacitance and Energy Storage
7%
Electric Potential · Potential and Potential Energy
6%
Electromagnetic Induction · Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws
5%
Electrostatics · Gauss’s Law
5%

Skills

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

Electric Potential · Potential and Potential Energy

3 core skills6% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Electric Potential from Point ChargesRecommended
2
Electric Potential Energy & WorkAvailable
3
Electric Field & Potential RelationshipAvailable

Electric Potential · Capacitance and Energy Storage

4 core skills7% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Capacitors in Series & ParallelAvailable
2
Energy Stored in CapacitorsAvailable
3
DielectricsAvailable
4
Capacitance: Parallel-PlateAvailable

Problem-Solving & Representations · Diagrams, Graphs, and Field Maps

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Interpreting Field Lines & EquipotentialsAvailable
2
Interpreting Circuit DiagramsAvailable
3
Right-Hand RulesAvailable
4
Interpreting RC/RL Circuit GraphsAvailable

Problem-Solving & Representations · Quantitative Workflow

4 core skills9% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Units & Sign Conventions in E&MAvailable
2
Selecting E&M PrinciplesAvailable
3
Multi-Step E&M ProblemsAvailable
4
Common E&M PitfallsAvailable

Electromagnetic Induction · Inductance and RL Circuits

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Self-InductanceAvailable
2
Energy Stored in InductorsAvailable
3
RL Circuits: Current Growth & DecayAvailable

Electromagnetic Induction · AC and Transformers

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
AC Concepts: RMS & FrequencyAvailable
2
Transformers & Mutual InductanceAvailable

Electromagnetic Induction · Faraday’s and Lenz’s Laws

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Faraday's LawAvailable
2
Lenz's LawAvailable
3
Motional emfAvailable

Circuits · DC Circuits Fundamentals

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Resistors in Series & ParallelAvailable
2
Ohm's Law & PowerAvailable
3
Current, Voltage, Resistance & PowerAvailable

Circuits · RC Circuits

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Charging & Discharging CapacitorsAvailable
2
RC Circuit Time ConstantAvailable
3
RC Circuits: Voltage, Current vs. TimeAvailable

Circuits · Kirchhoff’s Laws and Circuit Analysis

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Multi-Loop CircuitsAvailable
2
Kirchhoff's Voltage LawAvailable
3
Kirchhoff's Current LawAvailable

Circuits · Meters and Practical Circuit Elements

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Battery emf & Internal ResistanceAvailable
2
Internal Resistance EffectsAvailable
3
Using Ammeters & VoltmetersAvailable

Electrostatics · Gauss’s Law

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Electric FluxAvailable
2
Gauss's Law for Electric FieldsAvailable
3
Choosing Gaussian SurfacesAvailable

Electrostatics · Charge and Coulomb’s Law

3 core skills3% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Coulomb's LawAvailable
2
Superposition: Electric ForceAvailable
3
Charge Conservation & ConductorsAvailable

Electrostatics · Electric Field

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Force on a Charge in E-FieldAvailable
2
Electric DipolesAvailable
3
Electric Field from Point ChargesAvailable
4
Electric Field LinesAvailable

Magnetism · Magnetic Flux and Gauss’s Law for Magnetism

2 core skills4% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Gauss's Law for MagnetismAvailable
2
Magnetic FluxAvailable

Magnetism · Magnetic Forces

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Charged Particle Motion in B-FieldAvailable
2
Magnetic Force on WireAvailable
3
Lorentz ForceAvailable

Magnetism · Magnetic Fields from Currents

3 core skills5% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Ampère's LawAvailable
2
Magnetic Field: SolenoidAvailable
3
Magnetic Field: Straight WireAvailable

Modern Physics Connections

3 core skills13% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Photon MomentumAvailable
2
Photon EnergyAvailable
3
Photoelectric EffectAvailable

Waves and Optics · Electromagnetic Waves

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
Changing E & B FieldsAvailable
2
EM Wave RelationshipsAvailable
3
Intensity & Inverse-Square LawAvailable

Waves and Optics · Geometric Optics

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Reflection & Refraction (Snell's Law)Available
2
Lens & Mirror EquationsAvailable
3
Ray TracingAvailable
4
Optical InstrumentsAvailable

Waves and Optics · Interference and Diffraction

3 core skills4% total weight
0/3 completed
3 skills to mastery
1
PolarizationAvailable
2
Double-Slit InterferenceAvailable
3
Diffraction & Resolving PowerAvailable