AP Physics 2 ✏ In a Nutshell

1. Electric Fields and Potentials

A summary of Electric Fields and Potentials: The Nature of Electric Charges, The Detection and Measurement of Electric Charges, Coulomb’s Law, The Electric Field, Electric Potential, Equipotential Lines, Capacitance and Energy Storage

2. Steady-State Circuits

A summary of Steady-State Circuits: Current and Electricity, Electric Resistance, Electric Power and Energy, Kirchhoff’s Rules, Series Circuits, Parallel Circuits, Combination Circuits, Capacitors in Circuits

3. Magnetism and Electromagnetism

A summary of Magnetism and Electromagnetism: Magnetic Fields and Forces, Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge, Magnetic Fields Due to Currents in Wires, Magnetic Force Between Two Wires, Induced Motional EMF in a Wire, Magnetic Flux and Faraday’s Law, Applications

4. Physical Optics

A summary of Physical Optics: Electromagnetic Waves, Reflection, Refraction, Total Internal Reflection, Interference and Diffraction, Polarization

5. Geometrical Optics

A summary of Geometrical Optics: Image Formation in Plane Mirrors, Image Formation in Curved Mirrors, Algebraic Considerations for Mirrors, Image Formation in Lenses, Algebraic Considerations for Lenses

6. Fluids

A summary of Fluids: Static Fluids, Pascal’s Principle, Static Pressure and Depth, Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle, Fluids in Motion, Bernoulli’s Equation, Applications of Bernoulli’s Principle

7. Thermodynamics

A summary of Thermodynamics: Temperature and Its Measurement, Molar Quantities and Ideal Gases, The Ideal Gas Law Equation of State, Kinetic-Molecular Theory, Work Done by Expanding Gases, The First Law of Thermodynamics, The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Heat Engines, Heat Transfer

8. Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics

A summary of Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics: Photoelectric Effect, Photon Momentum and Compton Effect, Matter Waves and de Broglie Hypothesis, Spectral Lines and Bohr Model, Special Relativity, Mass-Energy Equivalence, Atomic and Nuclear Structure, Binding Energy, Radioactive Decay, Fission and Fusion