🧲ap physics 2 review

Intensity

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A measure of the amount of power transferred per unit area; the average power per unit area over one period of the wave.

AP course connection

Topic 14.3: 14.3 Boundary Behavior of Waves and Polarization

Unit 14