<p>Um..I'm gonna take AP Chem next year...and I'm taking Honors Chem this year. Do I need any knowledge of Physics before I take AP Chem? Cause I'm not planning on taking any Physics. Will I be in a disadvantage? Thanks!!</p>
<p>Nah, you don't need to know any physics.</p>
<p>no physics needed</p>
<p>AP chem and AP Physics are totally different and independent of each other</p>
<p>I don't mean to hijack your thread, but my question is along the same lines:</p>
<p>Does AP Physics use alot, if any, chemistry?</p>
<p>Ahh I have a huge bonding and chemical structure test tomorrow!!</p>
<p>All the stupid trigonal pyramidal and tetrahedral shapes.... LEWIS can die for his dot diagrams!!! lol</p>
<p>yes physics does have chemistry, such as the stucture of atoms, and the perfect gas laws (is that right? i mean like PV=nRT) i am just mentioning a couple things i noticed my brother is doing since he is in AP Physics and and i'm just in regular physics.</p>
<p>Ideal gas =)</p>
<p>Chem involves physics, but you don't need any background to go into AP Chem.</p>
<p>Ah, VSEPR. I just had a test on kinetics in Chem.</p>
<p>ideal gas laws are very very very basic physics though... there's boyles, charles, and gay lussiac's laws.... how ever you usually use the same units in chem and physics if im not mistaken (moles, newtons, kilograms, etc)</p>
<p>No, I'm in AP chem from honors without physics as well as 90 % of my class (and we have a 75% passing rate at our school).</p>
<p>Nope, no need for prior physics. I have taken Honors physics and I am taking AP chem now. Some schools, such as mine, require h. phys as a prerequisite. I think my school does this since it is so competitive and doesn't want so many people taking AP chem. Right now, we have 2 double-periods of 30 people each.</p>
<p>If you plan to take physics later, though, keep in mind that some of the subjects overlap - most of the thermal stuff, for example.</p>
<p>There's a little bit of physics required in AP Chem. Namely, the electro-whatever wavelength stuff or something.</p>
<p>That's like 3 basic formulas. You don't need to take a whole course for that stuff. They even give you the equations on the reference sheet. In honors physics, I don't remember such equations although I didn't pay much attention during the wave section of physics.</p>
<p>You don't need physics... but you better like math!</p>
<p>I took Chem before and did well on the SAT II, but I don't remember this many equations. I'd argue that more than 50% of my AP chem class is working with equations. The math is almost never difficult, but it can wear you out a bit.</p>