College Board-Aligned
AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based
This page follows the current official College Board course outline. Each unit/topic links to original local notes built for studying, practice, and review.
Course Snapshot
7
official units
39
linked topics/skills
Alignment Sources
Units & Topics
Unit 9: Thermodynamics
On the AP exam: 15%-18% of exam score.
- Unit 9 Topic 1: Thermodynamic systems Original Notes
- Unit 9 Topic 2: Pressure, thermal equilibrium, and the Ideal Gas Law Original Notes
- Unit 9 Topic 3: Thermodynamics and forces Original Notes
- Unit 9 Topic 4: Heat and energy transfer Original Notes
- Unit 9 Topic 5: Thermodynamics and collisions Original Notes
- Unit 9 Topic 6: Probability, thermal equilibrium, and entropy Original Notes
Unit 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
On the AP exam: 15%-18% of exam score.
- Unit 10 Topic 1: Electric systems and charge Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 2: Charge distribution: Friction, conduction, and induction Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 3: Electric permittivity Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 4: Electric forces and free-body diagrams Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 5: Gravitational and electromagnetic forces Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 6: Electric charges and fields Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 7: Electric flux Original Notes
- Unit 10 Topic 8: Conservation of electric energy Original Notes
Unit 11: Electric Circuits
On the AP exam: 15%-18% of exam score.
- Unit 11 Topic 1: Definition and conservation of electric charge Original Notes
- Unit 11 Topic 2: Resistivity and resistance Original Notes
- Unit 11 Topic 3: Resistance and capacitance Original Notes
- Unit 11 Topic 4: Kirchhoff’s loop rule Original Notes
- Unit 11 Topic 5: Kirchhoff’s junction rule and the conservation of electric charge Original Notes
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
On the AP exam: 12%-15% of exam score.
- Unit 12 Topic 1: Magnetic systems Original Notes
- Unit 12 Topic 2: Magnetic permeability and magnetic dipole moment Original Notes
- Unit 12 Topic 3: Vector and scalar fields Original Notes
- Unit 12 Topic 4: Monopole and dipole fields Original Notes
- Unit 12 Topic 5: Magnetic fields and forces Original Notes
- Unit 12 Topic 6: Forces review Original Notes
- Unit 12 Topic 7: Magnetic flux Original Notes
Unit 13: Geometric Optics
On the AP exam: 12%-15% of exam score.
- Unit 13 Topic 1: Refraction, reflection, and absorption Original Notes
- Unit 13 Topic 2: Images from lenses and mirrors Original Notes
Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
On the AP exam: 12%-15% of exam score.
- Unit 14 Topic 1: Periodic waves Original Notes
- Unit 14 Topic 2: Electromagnetic waves Original Notes
- Unit 14 Topic 3: Sound Original Notes
- Unit 14 Topic 4: Doppler Effect Original Notes
- Unit 14 Topic 5: Interference and diffraction Original Notes
Unit 15: Modern Physics
On the AP exam: 12%-15% of exam score.
- Unit 15 Topic 1: Radioactive decay Original Notes
- Unit 15 Topic 2: Energy in modern physics (energy in radioactive decay and E = mc 2 ) Original Notes
- Unit 15 Topic 3: Mass-energy equivalence Original Notes
- Unit 15 Topic 4: Blackbody radiation Original Notes
- Unit 15 Topic 5: Properties of waves and particles Original Notes
- Unit 15 Topic 6: Photoelectric effect Original Notes
Notes
Original EduCompanion Notes
These local notes follow the current College Board AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based unit/topic list.
Unit 9: Thermodynamics
Unit 9 Topic 1: Thermodynamic systems
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 9 Topic 2: Pressure, thermal equilibrium, and the Ideal Gas Law
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 9 Topic 3: Thermodynamics and forces
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 9 Topic 4: Heat and energy transfer
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 9 Topic 5: Thermodynamics and collisions
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 9 Topic 6: Probability, thermal equilibrium, and entropy
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
Unit 10 Topic 1: Electric systems and charge
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 2: Charge distribution: Friction, conduction, and induction
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 3: Electric permittivity
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 4: Electric forces and free-body diagrams
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 5: Gravitational and electromagnetic forces
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 6: Electric charges and fields
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 7: Electric flux
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 10 Topic 8: Conservation of electric energy
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 11: Electric Circuits
Unit 11 Topic 1: Definition and conservation of electric charge
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 11 Topic 2: Resistivity and resistance
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 11 Topic 3: Resistance and capacitance
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 11 Topic 4: Kirchhoff’s loop rule
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 11 Topic 5: Kirchhoff’s junction rule and the conservation of electric charge
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Unit 12 Topic 1: Magnetic systems
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12 Topic 2: Magnetic permeability and magnetic dipole moment
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12 Topic 3: Vector and scalar fields
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12 Topic 4: Monopole and dipole fields
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12 Topic 5: Magnetic fields and forces
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12 Topic 6: Forces review
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 12 Topic 7: Magnetic flux
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 13: Geometric Optics
Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
Unit 14 Topic 1: Periodic waves
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 14 Topic 2: Electromagnetic waves
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Unit 14 Topic 3: Sound
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Unit 14 Topic 4: Doppler Effect
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Unit 14 Topic 5: Interference and diffraction
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 15: Modern Physics
Unit 15 Topic 1: Radioactive decay
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 15 Topic 2: Energy in modern physics (energy in radioactive decay and E = mc 2 )
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 15 Topic 3: Mass-energy equivalence
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 15 Topic 4: Blackbody radiation
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 15 Topic 5: Properties of waves and particles
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Unit 15 Topic 6: Photoelectric effect
Open College Board-aligned original notes
Shared Google Drive Notes
No shared Google Drive notes are currently mapped for this course. Local original notes are still available above.
Practice Questions
Each note page includes a quick practice prompt. Use these unit practice cards to review the same way AP questions ask you to apply ideas, evidence, and reasoning.
Unit 9 Practice
Use the linked notes for Thermodynamics to answer AP-style prompts, then check your explanation against the official topic list.
- Define the most important concept from this unit.
- Apply it to a scenario, graph, source, passage, or data table.
- Explain the reasoning that connects evidence to the answer.
Unit 10 Practice
Use the linked notes for Electric Force, Field, and Potential to answer AP-style prompts, then check your explanation against the official topic list.
- Define the most important concept from this unit.
- Apply it to a scenario, graph, source, passage, or data table.
- Explain the reasoning that connects evidence to the answer.
Unit 11 Practice
Use the linked notes for Electric Circuits to answer AP-style prompts, then check your explanation against the official topic list.
- Define the most important concept from this unit.
- Apply it to a scenario, graph, source, passage, or data table.
- Explain the reasoning that connects evidence to the answer.
Unit 12 Practice
Use the linked notes for Magnetism and Electromagnetism to answer AP-style prompts, then check your explanation against the official topic list.
- Define the most important concept from this unit.
- Apply it to a scenario, graph, source, passage, or data table.
- Explain the reasoning that connects evidence to the answer.
Study Guides
Use this as a unit review index. Open each unit, work through the topic notes, then return here to move to the next unit.
Unit 9: Thermodynamics
6 topics to review, 15%-18% of exam score
Unit 10: Electric Force, Field, and Potential
8 topics to review, 15%-18% of exam score
Unit 11: Electric Circuits
5 topics to review, 15%-18% of exam score
Unit 12: Magnetism and Electromagnetism
7 topics to review, 12%-15% of exam score
Unit 13: Geometric Optics
2 topics to review, 12%-15% of exam score
Unit 14: Waves, Sound, and Physical Optics
5 topics to review, 12%-15% of exam score
Unit 15: Modern Physics
6 topics to review, 12%-15% of exam score