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This exam focus covers Exam Focus within Resistance & Ohm's Law for GCSE Physics. Revise Resistance & Ohm's Law in Electricity for GCSE Physics with 14 exam-style questions and 30 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 14 of 16 in this topic. Treat this as a marking guide for what examiners are looking for, not just a fact list.

Topic position

Section 14 of 16

Practice

14 questions

Recall

30 flashcards

🎯 Exam Focus

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Resistance and Ohm's Law appears in virtually every GCSE Physics exam paper. V-I graphs are a classic "describe and explain" question type.

What examiners love to ask:

  • Calculate resistance, voltage or current using V = IR
  • Describe and explain the V-I graph for a filament lamp
  • Compare V-I graphs of ohmic and non-ohmic components
  • Explain how resistance of a metal changes with temperature
  • Describe how resistance of a thermistor changes with temperature
  • State one use of a thermistor or LDR
  • Explain the required practical method for resistance of a wire

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Read this section alongside the surrounding pages in Resistance & Ohm's Law. That gives you the full topic sequence instead of a single isolated revision point.

Practice Questions for Resistance & Ohm's Law

Which of the following best describes electrical resistance?

  • A. The amount of charge flowing past a point per second
  • B. The opposition to the flow of current in a circuit
  • C. The energy transferred per unit charge by the source
  • D. The rate at which electrical energy is transferred
1 markfoundation

Explain what is meant by an ohmic conductor.

2 marksstandard

Quick Recall Flashcards

Unit of resistance?
Ohm (Ω)
Ohm's Law equation?
V = IR where V = voltage (V), I = current (A), R = resistance (Ω)

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