Describe the pressure a gas exerts on its container in terms of molecular motion within that gas.
Describe the temperature of a system in terms of the molecular motion within that system.
Boundary Statement:
In AP Physics 2, students are only expected to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of collisions in 1- and 2-dimensions. Students are not expected to know the functional form of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, but are expected to be familiar with features of the distribution such as how the distribution changes with gas temperature.
Describe the properties of an ideal gas.
Describe the transfer of energy between two systems in thermal contact due to temperature differences of those two systems.
Describe the internal energy of a system.
Describe the behavior of a system using thermodynamic processes
Describe the energy required to change the temperature of an object by a certain amount.
Describe the rate at which energy is transferred by conduction through a given material.
Boundary Statement:
AP Physics 2 will model specific heat as independent of temperature.
Describe the change in entropy for a given system over time.
Boundary Statement:
Only qualitative treatment of the second law of thermodynamics is considered for AP Physics 2.