AP Physics 2
Study fluids, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics using algebra-based approaches.
Density, pressure, buoyancy, and fluid dynamics
Density and Pressure
Fluid density, pressure, Pascal's principle, and pressure variation with depth
Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
Buoyant force, floating and sinking, apparent weight in fluids
Fluid Dynamics and Continuity
Flow rate, continuity equation, and fluid motion in pipes
Fluid Dynamics
Bernoulli's equation and flow
Bernoulli's Equation
Energy conservation in fluids, applications to lift and flow
Temperature, heat, thermal properties, and laws of thermodynamics
Temperature and Thermal Expansion
Temperature scales, thermal equilibrium, and thermal expansion of materials
Heat and Specific Heat
Heat transfer, specific heat capacity, and calorimetry
Phase Changes and Latent Heat
States of matter, phase transitions, and latent heat
Laws of Thermodynamics
First and second laws of thermodynamics, PV diagrams, and thermodynamic processes
Electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric fields, and electric potential
Current, resistance, Ohm's law, series and parallel circuits, Kirchhoff's laws
Magnetic fields, forces on charges and currents, electromagnetic induction
Reflection, refraction, mirrors, lenses, interference, diffraction
Reflection and Refraction
Law of reflection, Snell's law, total internal reflection, dispersion, mirrors
Lenses
Converging and diverging lenses, thin lens equation, magnification, optical instruments
Interference and Diffraction
Young's double slit, single slit diffraction, diffraction grating, thin film interference
Photons, photoelectric effect, atomic models, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics