TransferCredit.org AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Prep Course
Prep for the AP® Physics 2 exam: 53 lessons with quizzes, 34 interactive labs, and twin full-length exams with written parts and scoring guides. Not affiliated with the College Board.
1.1 Kinetic Theory: Temperature, Pressure, and Molecular Motion
Quiz 1.1
1.1 Interactive Lab: Speed Distribution Lab: Temperature, rms Speed and Pressure
1.2 The Ideal Gas Law: PV = nRT and Its Special Cases
Quiz 1.2
1.2 Interactive Lab: Ideal Gas Lab: Units, Moles and Atoms
1.3 Thermal Energy Transfer: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, and Equilibrium
Quiz 1.3
1.4 The First Law of Thermodynamics: Heat, Work, and Internal Energy
Quiz 1.4
1.4 Interactive Lab: PV Diagram Lab: Four Processes from One State
1.5 Specific Heat and Thermal Conductivity: Quantifying Heat Flow
Quiz 1.5
1.5 Interactive Lab: Specific Heat and Conduction Lab: Energy, Mixing, and Rate
1.6 Entropy and the Second Law: Why Processes Have a Direction
Quiz 1.6
1.7 Heat Engines and PV Cycles: Efficiency and Net Work
Quiz 1.7
1.7 Interactive Lab: PV Cycle Lab: Read the Loop, Find the Net Work
2.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force: Coulomb's Law
Quiz 2.1
2.1 Interactive Lab: Coulomb's Law Sheet: Forces on a Line
2.2 Conservation of Charge and Charging Processes: Conduction, Induction, and Polarization
Quiz 2.2
2.3 Electric Fields: Field Lines and Point Charges
Quiz 2.3
2.3 Interactive Lab: Reading Field Lines
2.4 Electric Potential Energy: Work Moving Charges in a Field
Quiz 2.4
2.5 Electric Potential: Equipotentials and Potential Difference
Quiz 2.5
2.5 Interactive Lab: Equipotential Map Lab: Reading Field and Energy from Isolines
2.6 Capacitors: Charge, Capacitance, and Stored Energy
Quiz 2.6
2.6 Interactive Lab: Capacitor Sheet: Capacitance, Charge, and Stored Energy
2.7 Conservation of Electric Energy: Charges Moving Through Potential Differences
Quiz 2.7
2.8 Electrostatics Problem Solving: Fields, Forces, and Energy Together
Quiz 2.8
2.8 Interactive Lab: Choose the Tool: Force, Field, Potential, or Energy
3.1 Electric Current: Charge Flow and Conventional Direction
Quiz 3.1
3.2 Simple Circuits: Batteries, Resistors, and Diagrams
Quiz 3.2
3.2 Interactive Lab: Meter and Fault Lab: Reading Described Circuits
3.3 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm's Law
Quiz 3.3
3.3 Interactive Lab: Wire Workshop: Resistivity and Ohm's Law in a Spreadsheet
3.4 Electric Power: Energy Transfer in Circuits
Quiz 3.4
3.5 Compound DC Circuits: Series and Parallel Combinations
Quiz 3.5
3.5 Interactive Lab: Compound Circuit Lab: Reduce, Then Back Out
3.6 Kirchhoff's Loop Rule: Energy Conservation Around a Loop
Quiz 3.6
3.6 Interactive Lab: Walking a Loop: Potential Versus Position
3.7 Kirchhoff's Junction Rule: Charge Conservation at a Node
Quiz 3.7
3.8 Resistor-Capacitor Circuits: Charging, Discharging, and Time Constants
Quiz 3.8
3.8 Interactive Lab: Watching a Capacitor Charge
4.1 Magnetic Fields: Magnets, Field Lines, and Earth's Field
Quiz 4.1
4.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges: Force on a Charge and Circular Paths
Quiz 4.2
4.2 Interactive Lab: Force on a Moving Charge Lab: Directions, Then Numbers
4.3 Magnetism and Current-Carrying Wires: Force on a Wire and Fields from Currents
Quiz 4.3
4.3 Interactive Lab: Wire Field Lab: Compute, Superpose, Find the Force
4.4 Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law: Flux, EMF, and Lenz's Law
Quiz 4.4
4.4 Interactive Lab: Induction Lab: Flux Graphs and Induced Current
5.1 Reflection: The Law of Reflection and Plane Mirrors
Quiz 5.1
5.2 Images Formed by Mirrors: Concave, Convex, and the Mirror Equation
Quiz 5.2
5.2 Interactive Lab: Mirror Equation Lab: Where Is the Image?
5.3 Refraction: Index of Refraction, Snell's Law, and Total Internal Reflection
Quiz 5.3
5.3 Interactive Lab: Snell's Law Lab: Bend, Skim or Stay Inside
5.4 Images Formed by Lenses: Converging, Diverging, and the Thin Lens Equation
Quiz 5.4
5.4 Interactive Lab: Reading Ray Diagrams for Thin Lenses
5.5 Optics Problem Solving: Real and Virtual Images, Magnification, and Sign Conventions
Quiz 5.5
5.5 Interactive Lab: Predict the Image