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Flashcards for AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based, split into the seven units of the Course and Exam Description in order, then by topic. Equation cards say whether the formula is on the AP Physics 2 equation sheet or has to be recalled.

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  • Unit 9: Thermodynamics90 cards
    • 9.1 Kinetic Theory of Temperature and Pressure13 cards
    • 9.2 The Ideal Gas Law13 cards
    • 9.3 Thermal Energy Transfer and Equilibrium15 cards
    • 9.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics23 cards
    • 9.5 Specific Heat and Thermal Conductivity14 cards
    • 9.6 Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics12 cards
  • Unit 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential101 cards
    • 10.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force22 cards
    • 10.2 Conservation of Electric Charge and the Process of Charging13 cards
    • 10.3 Electric Fields13 cards
    • 10.4 Electric Potential Energy12 cards
    • 10.5 Electric Potential17 cards
    • 10.6 Capacitors14 cards
    • 10.7 Conservation of Electric Energy10 cards
  • Unit 11: Electric Circuits100 cards
    • 11.1 Electric Current12 cards
    • 11.2 Simple Circuits13 cards
    • 11.3 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law15 cards
    • 11.4 Electric Power9 cards
    • 11.5 Compound Direct Current (DC) Circuits25 cards
    • 11.6 Kirchhoff's Loop Rule10 cards
    • 11.7 Kirchhoff's Junction Rule7 cards
    • 11.8 Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits9 cards
  • Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism58 cards
    • 12.1 Magnetic Fields21 cards
    • 12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges12 cards
    • 12.3 Magnetism and Current-Carrying Wires12 cards
    • 12.4 Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law13 cards
  • Unit 13: Geometric Optics57 cards
    • 13.1 Reflection15 cards
    • 13.2 Images Formed by Mirrors16 cards
    • 13.3 Refraction15 cards
    • 13.4 Images Formed by Lenses11 cards
  • Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics129 cards
    • 14.1 Properties of Wave Pulses and Waves22 cards
    • 14.2 Periodic Waves15 cards
    • 14.3 Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization13 cards
    • 14.4 Electromagnetic Waves15 cards
    • 14.5 The Doppler Effect9 cards
    • 14.6 Wave Interference and Standing Waves23 cards
    • 14.7 Diffraction10 cards
    • 14.8 Double-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings12 cards
    • 14.9 Thin-Film Interference10 cards
  • Unit 15: Modern Physics113 cards
    • 15.1 Quantum Theory and Wave-Particle Duality15 cards
    • 15.2 The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure14 cards
    • 15.3 Emission and Absorption Spectra13 cards
    • 15.4 Blackbody Radiation15 cards
    • 15.5 The Photoelectric Effect15 cards
    • 15.6 Compton Scattering10 cards
    • 15.7 Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay18 cards
    • 15.8 Types of Radioactive Decay13 cards

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  • Specific heat
    The energy required to change the temperature of a unit mass of a material by one degree
  • How can the net charge of an object change through contact with another object?
    By friction or contact, which transfers charge between them
  • When can an atom absorb or emit a photon?
    Only when the photon's energy matches the energy difference between two of the atom's energy states
  • What does the second law of thermodynamics say about the entropy of an isolated system?
    It can never decrease
  • A positive charge is released from rest and moves toward a region of lower electric potential. What happens to its kinetic energy?
    It increases
  • An idealised model of matter that absorbs all radiation falling on it, and emits radiation depending only on its temperature
    Blackbody
  • Heating (thermal process)
    The transfer of energy into a system by a thermal process
  • Electric current is defined as [...].
    Electric current is defined as I=ΔQΔtI = \frac{\Delta Q}{\Delta t}.
  • What happens to light rays parallel to the principal axis of a concave (converging) mirror, after reflecting?
    They converge at the focal point
  • Electric potential energy of a system of two point charges
    The work required for an external force to bring the two point charges to their current positions from infinitely far apart

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