S3 Physics – Electricity 1: Voltage, Current and Resistance
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A · Circuits, symbols & meters
Circuit symbols · current & voltage · series and parallel · placing meters
B · Resistance & Ohm's law
Resistance · colour codes · V = IR · V–I graphs and temperature
C · Combining resistors
Series and parallel totals · combination circuits
Lesson slides
Every class deck as a PDF
The booklet
The full Electricity 1 booklet, L1–L6
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Practice Test A
25 marks · marks itself · warm-up, core and push
Practice Test B
25 marks · different questions from Test A
Graphing practice
V–I graphs by hand on graph paper · scales and best-fit lines
📑 Past-paper questions for this block
N5 Physics past papers
From the N5 Physics Past Papers (September 2025 update).
- 2014: P1 Q1, Q2, Q3; P2 Q1
- 2015: P1 Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4; P2 Q1
- 2016: P1 Q1, Q3, Q4; P2 Q1, Q2b, Q3d
- 2017: P1 Q3, Q4; P2 Q2a(i), Q2b(i)
- 2018: P1 Q1a(ii), Q1b; P2 Q6a, Q6b, Q9, Q10, Q11
- 2019: P1 Q1d, Q2a(i), Q2a(iii); P2 Q6a(ii), Q6b(ii)
- 2020: P1 Q12, Q13; P2 Q6, Q7a, Q7b(i), Q7b(ii)
- 2022: P1 Q6, Q7, Q12, Q13, Q14, Q6c
- 2023: P1 Q11, Q12, Q13, Q16
- 2024: P1 Q11, Q12, Q13, Q7c, Q6d, Q8, Q11a, Q12
- 2025: P1 Q11, Q12, Q5; P2 Q6, Q7c, Q7a, Q7c
N5 Practical Electronics past papers
From the N5 Practical Electronics PPQ (November 2025 update).
- 2017 SQP: Q1a, Q1b, Q3
- 2018: Q1a, Q1b, Q3
- 2019: Q1a, Q1b, Q3, Q5b
- 2024: Q1a, Q1b, Q3, Q7b
- 2025: Q1a, Q1b, Q2, Q3
Sources & credits: the Past Paper Finder is compiled by Mr Davie (September 2025 update by Mr White); the N5 Practical Electronics PPQ is reproduced with permission of J Keegan, 2025. Past-paper questions and marking instructions © Qualifications Scotland (SQA).