Cambridge IGCSE Physics
4.3.1Circuit diagrams and circuit components
Circuit diagrams and circuit components in Cambridge IGCSE Physics: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 4.3.1.1Draw and interpret circuit diagrams with cells, batteries, power supplies, generators, potential dividers, switches, fixed and variable resistors, heaters, NTC thermistors, light-dependent resistors, lamps, motors, ammeters, voltmeters, magnetising coils, transformers, fuses and relays.
- 4.3.1.2Supplement: draw and interpret circuit diagrams with diodes and light-emitting diodes and know how they behave in a circuit.
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