Contents
Key Stage 2
Meaning
A battery is two or more electrical cells connected together.
About Batteries
- Whenever two or more electrical cells are in the same circuit they are called a battery.
- A battery is made if two or more electrical cells are plugged in to the same device.
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| A 9V 'square' battery is made of 6 electrical cells. | The symbol for a battery. |
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A battery is more than two electrical cells, which each have a chemical potential energy store, connected together in an electrical device.
About Batteries
- A battery made from electrical cells connected in series gives a greater potential difference allowing it to provide a greater current.
- A battery made from identical electrical cells connected in parallel will have the same potential difference as one single cell but will last much longer as it has a greater store of chemical potential energy.
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| A 9V 'square' battery is made of 6 electrical cells. Each cell has a potential difference of 1.5V. | The symbol for a battery. |
Key Stage 4
Meaning
The symbol for a battery.
A battery is more than two electrical cells, which each have a chemical potential energy store, connected together in an electrical device.
About Batteries
- An battery is a source of direct current.
- A battery made from electrical cells connected in series gives a greater potential difference allowing it to provide a greater current.
- A battery made from identical electrical cells connected in parallel will have the same potential difference as one single cell but will last much longer as it has a greater store of chemical potential energy.
References
AQA
- Batteries, page 47, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Batteries, page 64, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Batteries, pages 120-121, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Batteries, pages 137-8, GCSE Chemistry, Hodder, AQA
- Batteries, pages 186-189, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, AQA
- Batteries, pages 293, 302, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 1, Hodder, AQA
- Batteries, pages 60, 68, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Batteries, pages 62, 70, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Batteries; circuit symbol, page 38, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Batteries; energy transfers, page 4, GCSE Physics, Hodder, AQA
- Battery, page 52, GCSE Physics; Student Book, Collins, AQA