Documentation :: Teachers :: Science Standards Alignments :: Alignment with AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Standards
According to the College Board website, “AP® Physics 2 is an algebra-based, introductory college-level physics course. Students cultivate their understanding of physics through classroom study, in-class activity, and hands-on, inquiry-based laboratory work as they explore concepts like systems, fields, force interactions, change, conservation, and waves.”
The following quizzes at PhysQuiz.net align with the AP® Physics 2: Algebra-Based Course and Exam Description [PDF]:
Unit 9: Thermodynamics
9.2 The Ideal Gas Law
9.2.A Describe the properties of an ideal gas.
Unit 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
10.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
10.1.A Describe the electric force that results from the interactions between charged objects or systems.
10.3 Electric Fields
10.3.A Describe the electric field produced by a charged object or configuration of point charges.
10.5 Electric Potential
10.5.A Describe the electric potential due to a configuration of charged objects.
10.5.B Describe the relationship between electric potential and electric field.
10.6 Capacitors
10.6.A Describe the physical properties of a parallel-plate capacitor.
10.7 Conservation of Electric Energy
10.7.A Describe changes in energy in a system due to a difference in electric potential between two locations.
Unit 11: Electric Circuits
11.1 Electric Current
11.1.A Describe the movement of electric charges through a medium.
11.2 Simple Circuits
11.2.A Describe the behavior of a circuit.
11.3 Resistance, Resistivity, and Ohm’s Law
11.3.A Describe the resistance of an object using physical properties of that object.
11.3.B Describe the electrical characteristics of elements of a circuit.
11.4 Electric Power
11.4.A Describe the transfer of energy into, out of, or within an electric circuit, in terms of power.
11.5 Compound Direct Current (DC) Circuits
11.5.A Describe the equivalent resistance of multiple resistors connected in a circuit.
11.5.B Describe a circuit with resistive wires and a battery with internal resistance.
11.5.C Describe the measurement of current and potential difference in a circuit.
11.6 Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule
11.6.A Describe a circuit or elements of a circuit by applying Kirchhoff’s loop rule.
11.7 Kirchhoff’s Junction Rule
11.7.A Describe a circuit or elements of a circuit by applying Kirchhoff’s junction rule.
11.8 Resistor-Capacitor (RC) Circuits
11.8.A Describe the equivalent capacitance of multiple capacitors.
11.8.B Describe the behavior of a circuit containing combinations of resistors and capacitors.
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
12.2 Magnetism and Moving Charges
12.2.A Describe the magnetic field produced by moving charged objects.
12.2.B Describe the force exerted on moving charged objects by a magnetic field.
12.3 Magnetism and Current-Carrying Wires
12.3.A Describe the magnetic field produced by a current-carrying wire.
12.3.B Describe the force exerted on a current-carrying wire by a magnetic field.
12.4 Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Law
12.4.A Describe the induced electric potential difference resulting from a change in magnetic flux.
Unit 13: Geometric Optics
13.2 Images Formed by Mirrors
13.2.A Describe the image formed by a mirror.
13.3 Refraction
13.3.A Describe the refraction of light between two media.
13.4 Images Formed by Lenses
13.4.A Describe the image formed by a lens.
Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
14.2 Periodic Waves
14.2.A Describe the physical properties of a periodic wave.
14.3 Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization
14.3.A Describe the interaction between a wave and a boundary.
14.4 Electromagnetic Waves
14.4.A Describe the properties of an electromagnetic wave.
14.7 Diffraction
14.7.A Describe the behavior of a wave and the diffraction pattern resulting from a wave passing through a single opening.
14.8 Double-Slit Interference and Diffraction Gratings
14.8.A Describe the behavior of a wave and the diffraction pattern resulting from the wave passing through multiple openings.
Unit 15: Modern Physics
15.1 Quantum Theory and Wave-Particle Duality
15.1.A Describe the properties and behavior of an object that exhibits both particle-like and wave-like behavior.
15.2 The Bohr Model of Atomic Structure
15.2.A Describe the properties of an atom.
15.3 Emission and Absorption Spectra
15.3.A Describe the emission or absorption of photons by atoms.
15.7 Fission, Fusion, and Nuclear Decay
15.7.A Describe the physical properties that constrain the behavior of interacting nuclei, subatomic particles, and nucleons.
15.7.B Describe the radioactive decay of a given sample of material consisting of a finite number of nuclei.
15.8 Types of Radioactive Decay
15.8.A Describe the processes by which individual nuclei decay.