AP Physics B Course Outline

Content Outline for Physics B

Taken from College Board website. Percentages represent AP Physics B exam content.

0. Introduction

Summer Assignment (math review) (.pdf file)
Units

1. Newtonian Mechanics, 35%

Kinematics in 1-D, Kinematics in 2-D 7%
Newton's Laws of Motion, 9%
Work, Energy & Power, 5%
Systems of particles, linear momentum, 4%
Circular motion and rotation, 4%
Oscillations and gravitation, 6%

2. Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, 15%

Fluid Mechanics, 6%
Temperature and Heat, 2%
Kinetic theory and thermodynamics, 7%

3. Electricity and Magnetism, 25%

Electrostatics, 5%
Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics, 4%
Electric Circuits, 7%
Magnetic Fields, 4%
Electromagnetism, 5%

4. Waves and Optics, 15%

Wave motion (including sound), 5%
Physical Optics, 5%
Geometric Optics, 5%

5. Atomic and Nuclear Physics, 10%

Atomic physics and quantum effects, 7%
Nuclear physics, 3%

Made 15 July 2006
by Lori Andersen.

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