Class 3 Computer Worksheet: Hardware and Software
Remember (Can you touch it?): Hardware = parts we can touch: keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, hard disk, pen drive. Software = programs: a word processor, a paint program, a web browser, an operating system, games, apps. Hardware needs software to work, and software needs hardware to run on.
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- 1.✋ Which can we touch: hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
- 2.Which of these is hardware? (a) a word processor (b) a mouse (c) a calculator app (d) a computer game
- 3.🧩 Is a keyboard hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a speaker (b) a mouse (c) a web browser (d) a webcam
- 5.🧩 Is a calculator app hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 6.🧾 Software is a set of ___ for the computer. (a) wires (b) buttons (c) instructions (d) screws
- 7.👩💻 What do we call people who write software? (a) tailors (b) programmers (c) farmers (d) plumbers
- 8.Which of these is software? (a) a web browser (b) a keyboard (c) a scanner (d) a pen drive
- 9.🧩 Is a hard disk hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
- 10.Which of these is software? (a) a monitor (b) a pen drive (c) a music player app (d) a scanner
- 11.Which of these is hardware? (a) a paint program (b) a webcam (c) a web browser (d) a typing tutor
- 12.Which of these is software? (a) a monitor (b) a scanner (c) a pen drive (d) a computer game
- 13.Which of these is hardware? (a) an operating system (b) a monitor (c) a paint program (d) a computer game
- 14.Which of these is software? (a) a mouse (b) a monitor (c) a paint program (d) a hard disk
- 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a computer game (b) a hard disk (c) a typing tutor (d) a music player app
- 16.True or false: a paint program is software. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🧩 Is a typing tutor hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 18.🧩 Is a paint program hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a pen drive (b) an operating system (c) a mouse (d) a speaker
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mouse (b) a calculator app (c) a hard disk (d) a scanner
- 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a calculator app (b) a web browser (c) a paint program (d) a scanner
- 22.🧩 Is a printer hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 23.True or false: a web browser is software. (a) False (b) True
- 24.🧩 Is a music player app hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
- 25.🧩 Is a mouse hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a computer game (b) a speaker (c) a monitor (d) a hard disk
- 27.True or false: a monitor is hardware. (a) True (b) False
- 28.Which of these is software? (a) a webcam (b) an operating system (c) a scanner (d) a pen drive
- 29.True or false: a hard disk is software. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: a webcam is hardware. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: a music player app is software. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which of these is hardware? (a) a scanner (b) a calculator app (c) a word processor (d) a computer game
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a computer game (b) a typing tutor (c) a web browser (d) a mouse
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a web browser (b) a paint program (c) a webcam (d) a music player app
- 35.Which of these is hardware? (a) a calculator app (b) a web browser (c) a word processor (d) a keyboard
- 36.True or false: a speaker is hardware. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🧩 Is a speaker hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
- 38.🧩 Is a computer game hardware or software? (a) hardware (b) software
- 39.🧩 Is a word processor hardware or software? (a) software (b) hardware
- 40.Which of these is hardware? (a) a computer game (b) a web browser (c) a typing tutor (d) a hard disk
Answer key
- hardware
- a mouse
- hardware
- a web browser
- software
- instructions
- programmers
- a web browser
- hardware
- a music player app
- a webcam
- a computer game
- a monitor
- a paint program
- a hard disk
- True
- software
- software
- an operating system
- a calculator app
- a scanner
- hardware
- True
- software
- hardware
- a computer game
- True
- an operating system
- False
- True
- True
- a scanner
- a mouse
- a webcam
- a keyboard
- True
- hardware
- software
- software
- a hard disk
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