AP Physics 2 flashcards
3 decks · 216 cards · built into Willys · free samples below
Written against: College Board AP Physics 2 Course and Exam Description (2024 revision). Updated 2026-10-10.
What's in it
Every deck follows the course outline, with tags you can study or suspend topic by topic. Open a deck to study its free sample right here.
Learn · 2 decks · 156 cards
Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.
Practice · 1 deck · 60 questions
Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.
Study guide
Topics covered
The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.
- Thermodynamics 42
- Ideal Gases and Kinetic Theory 11
- Heat Transfer and Thermal Equilibrium 10
- First Law and PV Diagrams 15
- Entropy and the Second Law 6
- Electric Force Field and Potential 37
- Charge and Coulomb's Law 10
- Electric Fields 9
- Electric Potential 10
- Capacitors 8
- Electric Circuits 30
- Current Resistance and Ohm's Law 8
- Series and Parallel Circuits 10
- Power and Real Batteries 6
- RC Circuits 6
- Magnetism and Electromagnetism 27
- Magnetic Fields and Forces 15
- Electromagnetic Induction 12
- Geometric Optics 20
- Reflection and Mirrors 9
- Refraction and Lenses 11
- Waves Sound and Physical Optics 32
- Wave Properties and Sound 10
- Superposition and Standing Waves 10
- Interference Diffraction and Polarization 12
- Modern Physics 28
- Photons and Wave-Particle Duality 11
- Atomic Energy Levels 6
- Nuclear Physics and Mass-Energy 11
A study plan
- 8 new cards a day covers everything in a month, leaving the last weeks for review.
- 5 new cards a day covers everything in two months, leaving the last weeks for review.
Willys schedules reviews for you (FSRS spaced repetition), so the daily number above is only for new cards; reviews of what you have learned come back on their own. Study a topic's cards right after you meet it in class, suspend topics you have not reached yet, and use the app's quiz mode in the final two weeks.
How to get these decks
- Install Willys on your iPhone, iPad or Mac — App Store. 14-day free trial, then $14.99 a year.
- In Willys, tap Exam Library at the top of your Decks (or Browse Exam Library… under the + button), find the exam on its shelf or by search, tick it and tap Add.
- Study. The exam comes in as its own collapsible folder, every card scheduled by FSRS spaced repetition. Nothing you already have is changed.
Every deck is built into Willys
All 3 AP Physics 2 decks (216 cards), with FSRS spaced repetition, quizzes and mock tests, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. 14-day free trial, then $14.99 a year.
In Willys, tap Exam Library at the top of your Decks (or Browse Exam Library… under the + button), find the exam on its shelf or by search, tick it and tap Add.
About these cards
Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.
Checked against:
- Topic outline follows the College Board AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based Course and Exam Description (2024 revision), Units 9–11 (outline only; no course or exam text reproduced).
- OpenStax College Physics 2e, consulted as a reference; no text copied.
- Topic outline follows the College Board AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based Course and Exam Description (2024 revision), Units 12–15 (outline only; no course or exam text reproduced).
- Topic outline follows the College Board AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based Course and Exam Description (2024 revision), Units 9–15 (outline only; no course or exam text reproduced).
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