College Physics for AP Courses
Grade Equivalents
| 🇺🇸 United States | College Freshman |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | University Year 1 |
| 🇮🇳 India | B.A./B.Sc. Year 1 |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | University Year 1 |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | University Year 1 |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | University Year 1 |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | University Year 1 |
About This Textbook
This textbook is designed for Advanced Placement Physics courses and covers the full scope of AP Physics 1 and AP Physics 2 curricula. Based on the OpenStax College Physics text, it includes AP-specific features such as Connections for AP Courses, Real World Connections, Applying the Science Practices, and Test Prep for AP Courses. Topics include mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, optics, and modern physics.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Nature of Science and Physics — Kinematics — Two-Dimensional Kinematics — Dynamics: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion — Further Applications of Newton's Laws: Friction, Drag, and Elasticity — Gravitation and Uniform Circular Motion — Work, Energy, and Energy Resources — Linear Momentum and Collisions — Statics and Torque — Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum — Fluid Statics — Fluid Dynamics and Its Biological and Medical Applications — Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws — Heat and Heat Transfer Methods — Thermodynamics — Oscillatory Motion and Waves — Physics of Hearing — Electric Charge and Electric Field — Electric Potential and Electric Field — Electric Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law — Circuits, Bioelectricity, and DC Instruments — Magnetism — Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, and Electrical Technologies — Electromagnetic Waves — Geometric Optics — Vision and Optical Instruments — Wave Optics — Special Relativity — Introduction to Quantum Physics — Atomic Physics — Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics — Medical Applications of Nuclear Physics — Particle Physics — Frontiers of Physics