General Physics II - PHYS 102

Covers electricity, magnetism, circuits, electromagnetic waves, optics, and introductory modern physics.

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8 Wave Optics

Learn how light’s wave properties explain interference patterns, diffraction, and polarization, and how to use the key relationships for each phenomenon.
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6 Electromagnetic Waves

Builds from Maxwell’s equations to electromagnetic-wave behavior, then explains how these waves transport energy and how their intensity can be calculated.
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3 Current and Circuits

Builds from charge flow and resistance to source behavior, circuit reduction, and Kirchhoff’s rules for analyzing direct-current networks.
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4 Magnetism

Learn how magnetic fields arise, how they exert forces on charges and currents, and how those ideas explain particle motion and magnetic materials.
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7 Geometric Optics

Learn how ray models predict reflection, refraction, and image formation in mirrors, lenses, and optical instruments.
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9 Introduction to Modern Physics

Learn how relativity and quantum physics describe motion, light, atoms, and nuclear processes, and see how these ideas connect through energy and probability.
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5 Electromagnetic Induction

Learn how changing magnetic flux induces emf, how inductors oppose changes in current, and how energy oscillates in an ideal LC circuit.
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1 Electric Charge and Fields

Progresses from electric charge and Coulomb’s law to electric fields, flux, and Gauss’s law, showing how these ideas describe and calculate electric interactions.
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2 Electric Potential and Capacitance

Builds from electric potential and energy to conductors, capacitance, capacitor energy, and the effects of dielectric materials.
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Quizzes

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6 Electromagnetic Waves

A medium-difficulty quiz on electromagnetic waves, Maxwell’s equations, and energy transport.
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7 Geometric Optics

A medium-difficulty quiz on applying ray models, reflection and refraction, image formation, lenses, and optical instruments.
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5 Electromagnetic Induction

A medium-difficulty quiz on magnetic flux, Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws, self-inductance, and ideal LC circuits.
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4 Magnetism

A medium-difficulty quiz on magnetic fields, forces, charged-particle motion, currents, and magnetic materials.
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8 Wave Optics

A medium-difficulty quiz on wave optics, covering interference, diffraction, and polarization through conceptual questions and applications.
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3 Current and Circuits

A medium-difficulty quiz on electric current, resistance, sources, and circuit analysis.
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9 Introduction to Modern Physics

A medium-difficulty quiz on special relativity, quantum physics, atomic structure, and nuclear physics.
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2 Electric Potential and Capacitance

A medium-difficulty quiz on electric potential, conductors, capacitance, capacitor energy, and dielectrics.
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1 Electric Charge and Fields

A medium-difficulty quiz on electric charge, Coulomb’s law, electric fields, flux, and Gauss’s law.
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Flashcards

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5 Electromagnetic Induction

Review magnetic flux, electromagnetic induction, inductors, and the energy oscillations of ideal LC circuits.
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3 Current and Circuits

Review electric current, resistance, power, sources, and the rules used to analyze direct-current circuits.
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4 Magnetism

Review magnetic fields, forces on charges and currents, charged-particle motion, and the origins of magnetism in currents and materials.
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7 Geometric Optics

Review how geometric optics describes light rays, predicts image formation with mirrors and lenses, and applies these principles to optical systems.
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6 Electromagnetic Waves

Review Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic wave properties, and how electromagnetic waves transport energy.
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9 Introduction to Modern Physics

Review the core ideas of special relativity, quantum physics, atomic structure, and nuclear processes.
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8 Wave Optics

Review how light’s wave properties explain interference, diffraction, and polarization, including the key conditions and relationships for each effect.
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2 Electric Potential and Capacitance

Review electric potential, conductors in electrostatic equilibrium, capacitance, stored energy, and dielectric effects.
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1 Electric Charge and Fields

Review electric charge, Coulomb’s law, electric fields, electric flux, and how Gauss’s law connects flux to enclosed charge.
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