Current, potential difference and resistance exam tips

Exam tips

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to identify potential difference V in volts, current I in amperes and resistance R in ohms..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to calculate potential difference when current and resistance are known..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to calculate current when potential difference and resistance are known..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to calculate resistance when potential difference and current are known..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to rearrange V = I x R to solve circuit problems..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to required practical activity 3: use circuit diagrams to set up and check circuits that investigate factors affecting resistance..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to required practical activity 3: investigate how wire length affects resistance at constant temperature..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to required practical activity 3: investigate combinations of resistors in series and parallel..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to apply AT 1, AT 6 and AT 7 skills when using circuit apparatus and meters..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.

• Current, resistance and potential difference exam tip 1

  Use precise subject-specific vocabulary when you explain how to use MS 3b and MS 3c skills when calculating current, potential difference and resistance..

  This keeps your answer tightly aligned to the approved learning objective for Current, resistance and potential difference.