Electronics Worksheet: Electronic Components
Remember (One part, one job): Resistor: limits current. Capacitor: stores a little charge. Diode: one way only. LED: one way and glows. Buzzer: sound. Motor: spinning. Potentiometer: a knob that changes resistance. LDR: light sensor. Thermistor: heat sensor. Fuse: protects by blowing. Transistor: boosts or switches.
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- 1.True or false: an LDR senses how bright it is. (a) False (b) True
- 2.🧩 Which component boosts a small signal? (a) capacitor (b) transistor (c) motor (d) fuse
- 3.What does a buzzer do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) beeps for an alarm (c) makes things spin (d) senses how hot it is
- 4.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) buzzer (b) thermistor (c) resistor (d) transistor
- 5.True or false: a capacitor stores a little charge. (a) True (b) False
- 6.True or false: a motor has coloured bands. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a capacitor (b) a buzzer (c) a diode (d) a resistor
- 8.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a resistor (b) a motor (c) an LED (d) a fuse
- 9.True or false: a capacitor makes a beeping sound. (a) False (b) True
- 10.True or false: a potentiometer is a resistance knob. (a) False (b) True
- 11.What does an LED do? (a) makes things spin (b) limits the current (c) makes a beeping sound (d) glows using little power
- 12.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) measure heat (b) spin a wheel (c) store charge briefly (d) make light
- 13.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) diode (b) buzzer (c) LED (d) resistor
- 14.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) resistor (b) LDR (c) buzzer (d) fuse
- 15.True or false: a diode turns a fan or wheels. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🧩 Which component stores a little charge? (a) LED (b) transistor (c) thermistor (d) capacitor
- 17.True or false: a buzzer glows using little power. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🧩 Which component makes a beeping sound? (a) diode (b) resistor (c) buzzer (d) capacitor
- 19.What does a motor do? (a) lets current go one way (b) senses how bright it is (c) limits the current (d) makes things spin
- 20.True or false: a resistor smooths a wobbly supply. (a) False (b) True
- 21.True or false: a diode is a resistance knob. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🧩 Which component is a resistance knob? (a) thermistor (b) LED (c) transistor (d) potentiometer
- 23.True or false: a fuse has coloured bands. (a) True (b) False
- 24.🧩 Which component smooths a wobbly supply? (a) LDR (b) capacitor (c) motor (d) fuse
- 25.True or false: a transistor senses how bright it is. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) capacitor (b) resistor (c) potentiometer (d) LDR
- 27.What does a resistor do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) senses how bright it is (c) lets current go one way (d) has coloured bands
- 28.What does a capacitor do? (a) is a resistance knob (b) limits the current (c) stores a little charge (d) senses how hot it is
- 29.What does a transistor do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) turns a fan or wheels (c) boosts a small signal (d) makes a beeping sound
- 30.🧩 Which component turns a fan or wheels? (a) fuse (b) LDR (c) diode (d) motor
- 31.True or false: a thermistor makes a beeping sound. (a) False (b) True
- 32.What does a buzzer do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) stores a little charge (c) makes a beeping sound (d) smooths a wobbly supply
- 33.🧩 Which component blows if current is high? (a) capacitor (b) thermistor (c) fuse (d) diode
- 34.True or false: a resistor beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: a transistor limits the current. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) buzzer (b) LED (c) resistor (d) thermistor
- 37.True or false: a buzzer senses how hot it is. (a) False (b) True
- 38.What does a diode do? (a) lets current go one way (b) smooths a wobbly supply (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) limits the current
- 39.What does an LDR do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) senses how bright it is (c) blows if current is high (d) has coloured bands
- 40.What does a fuse do? (a) boosts a small signal (b) blows if current is high (c) senses how hot it is (d) makes things spin
Answer key
- True
- transistor
- beeps for an alarm
- thermistor
- True
- False
- a buzzer
- a motor
- False
- True
- glows using little power
- store charge briefly
- diode
- buzzer
- False
- capacitor
- False
- buzzer
- makes things spin
- False
- False
- potentiometer
- False
- capacitor
- False
- resistor
- has coloured bands
- stores a little charge
- boosts a small signal
- motor
- False
- makes a beeping sound
- fuse
- False
- False
- resistor
- False
- lets current go one way
- senses how bright it is
- blows if current is high
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