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- Subject: Physics
- AS: AS90257
- Level: 2
- Credits: 5
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Physics 2.6 Demonstrate understanding of electricity and electromagnetism
Achievement criteria
The level of performance that you will gain will be determined by the complexity of the questions, and how you answer them. You need to be able to describe and explain electricity and electromagnetism and use mathematical methods to solve problems.
Minor errors (computational or transcription) will not be penalised if the process used to determine the solution is clearly indicated and is valid.
Achievement
Make sure you can:
- identify or describe aspects of phenomena, concepts, or principles.
- solve straightforward problems which involve a single-step process.
- recognise electrical symbols and their function in a circuit
- recognise the direction of a magnetic field
- recognise the role of a generator
- draw the electric field variation between plates.
Achievement with Merit
- give accurate explanations in terms of phenomena, concepts, principles, and/or relationships.
- solve problems that may involve using a complex formula or rearrangement or some deduction as to the relevant concept or principle.
- use physics terminology to explain principles related to parallel circuits, diodes, and right-hand slap rule
- inderstand the energy of electrons in electric fields.
Achievement with Excellence
- give concise and accurate explanations that show clear understanding, in terms of phenomena, concepts, principles, and/or relationships. Your answers will typically have minimal irrelevancies. In other words, you cannot include any explanations that are not relevant. Do not guess!
- solve complex problems that will involve more than one process and concept.
- show numerical accuracy and correct rounding, and use SI units in answers.
