AP2 Syllabus

Introduction and Review

• Conversions

• Significant figures

• Linearization of data

1. Thermodynamics

• Temperature and Heat

• Kinetic Theory

• Thermodynamics

• Thermodynamic processes

• Laws of Thermodynamics

2.  Electric Charge, Force, Field and Potential

• Electric Charge and its conservation

• Electrostatic Forces and Coulomb’s Law

• Electric Field and Motion of particle in an E field

• Electric Potential and Work done on a charge

• Conductors and Insulators

• Equipotential

• Charging by induction

• Parallel plates and Capacitance

3.  Electric Circuits

• Potential Difference

• Electric Current

• Resistance

• Ohm’s Law

• Electric Energy and Power

• Schematics and DC Circuits

• Kirchhoff’s Laws

• Steady-state RC Circuits

4.  Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction

• Magnetostatics, Magnetic flux and Magnetic Fields

• Magnetics of moving Charges and Current Carrying Wires

• Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law

• Induced EMF and induced current

5. Waves, Sound, Light and Optics

• Wave characteristics

• Traveling waves on a string

• Sound waves

• Superposition of waves

• Resonance and Beats

• The Doppler Effect

• Physical Optics, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Interference and Diffraction

• Geometric Optics, Reflection, Refraction and Mirror/Lens Images

• Thin Films and Lenses

6. Quantum, Atomic and Nuclear Physics

• Atomic Physics and Quantum Effects

• Discovery of the Electron and Atomic Nucleus

• Photons and the Photoelectric Effect 

• Bohr Model

• Matter Waves

• Production of X-rays

• Compton Scattering

• Nuclear Equations and Processes

• Radioactive decay

• Fission and Fusion

• Mass-Energy equivalence