AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Past Exam Tests / Questions

Unit 1: Fluids: Pressure and Forces

Unit 2: Thermodynamics

Thermodynamic Systems

Pressure, Thermal Equilibrium, and the Ideal Gas Law

Thermodynamics and Forces

Heat and Energy Transfer

Thermodynamics and Collisions

Probability, Thermal Equilibrium, and Entropy

Unit 3: Electric Force, Field, and Potential

Electric Systems and Charge

Charge Distribution: Friction, Conduction, and Induction

Electric Permittivity

Electric Forces and Free-body Diagrams

Gravitational and Electromagnetic Forces

Electric Charges and Fields

Conservation of Electric Energy

Unit 4: Electric Circuits

Definition and Conservation of Electric Charge

Resistivity and Resistance

Resistance and Capacitance

Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule

Kirchhoff’s Junction Rule and the Conservation of Electric Charge

Unit 5: Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

Magnetic Systems

Magnetic Permeability and Magnetic Dipole Moment

Vector and Scalar Fields

Monopole and Dipole Fields

Magnetic Fields and Forces

Forces Review

Magnetic Flux

Unit 6: Geometric and Physical Optics

Waves

Electromagnetic Waves

Periodic Waves

Refraction, Reflection, and Absorption

Images from Lenses and Mirrors

Interference and Diffraction

Unit 7: Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics

Systems and Fundamental Forces

Radioactive Decay

Energy in Modern Physics (energy in radioactive decay and E=mc²)

Mass–Energy Equivalence

Properties of Waves and Particles

Photoelectric Effect

Wave Function and Probability

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