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Electronics Worksheet: Electronic Components

Electronics lesson 17: Electronic components · Set 133 · 40 questions
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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. 1.What does an LDR do? (a) glows using little power (b) limits the current (c) turns a fan or wheels (d) senses how bright it is
  2. 2.True or false: a thermistor stores a little charge. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) buzzer (b) diode (c) capacitor (d) transistor
  4. 4.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) measure heat (b) spin a wheel (c) store charge briefly (d) make light
  5. 5.What does a motor do? (a) limits the current (b) has coloured bands (c) stores a little charge (d) turns a fan or wheels
  6. 6.True or false: a diode has coloured bands. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) transistor (b) capacitor (c) LED (d) resistor
  8. 8.True or false: a capacitor smooths a wobbly supply. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🧩 Which component blows if current is high? (a) buzzer (b) fuse (c) diode (d) potentiometer
  10. 10.True or false: a fuse blows if current is high. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) thermistor (b) buzzer (c) fuse (d) resistor
  12. 12.What does a resistor do? (a) senses how bright it is (b) limits the current (c) makes a beeping sound (d) glows using little power
  13. 13.What does a fuse do? (a) senses how hot it is (b) blows if current is high (c) limits the current (d) has coloured bands
  14. 14.True or false: a buzzer makes a beeping sound. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.What does a diode do? (a) has coloured bands (b) limits the current (c) senses how bright it is (d) lets current go one way
  16. 16.What does a capacitor do? (a) makes things spin (b) senses how bright it is (c) beeps for an alarm (d) stores a little charge
  17. 17.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) diode (b) resistor (c) transistor (d) motor
  18. 18.True or false: a thermistor makes a beeping sound. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a motor (b) a fuse (c) an LED (d) a resistor
  20. 20.True or false: a buzzer beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🧩 Which component makes a beeping sound? (a) fuse (b) capacitor (c) LED (d) buzzer
  22. 22.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a resistor (b) a buzzer (c) a diode (d) a capacitor
  23. 23.What does a buzzer do? (a) makes a beeping sound (b) stores a little charge (c) boosts a small signal (d) has coloured bands
  24. 24.🧩 Which component turns a fan or wheels? (a) resistor (b) buzzer (c) fuse (d) motor
  25. 25.True or false: a potentiometer senses how bright it is. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) resistor (b) motor (c) transistor (d) buzzer
  27. 27.What does a potentiometer do? (a) is a resistance knob (b) makes a beeping sound (c) smooths a wobbly supply (d) has coloured bands
  28. 28.What does a buzzer do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) boosts a small signal (c) stores a little charge (d) makes things spin
  29. 29.True or false: a capacitor stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) LDR (b) transistor (c) fuse (d) resistor
  31. 31.What does a resistor do? (a) makes things spin (b) has coloured bands (c) lets current go one way (d) makes a beeping sound
  32. 32.True or false: an LDR senses how bright it is. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: a resistor senses how hot it is. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: a potentiometer beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a buzzer lets current go one way. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: an LED glows using little power. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) resistor (b) thermistor (c) LED (d) LDR
  38. 38.True or false: a resistor makes a beeping sound. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.What does an LED do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) lets current go one way (c) boosts a small signal (d) glows using little power
  40. 40.True or false: a resistor stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. senses how bright it is
  2. False
  3. buzzer
  4. store charge briefly
  5. turns a fan or wheels
  6. False
  7. resistor
  8. True
  9. fuse
  10. True
  11. thermistor
  12. limits the current
  13. blows if current is high
  14. True
  15. lets current go one way
  16. stores a little charge
  17. diode
  18. False
  19. a motor
  20. True
  21. buzzer
  22. a buzzer
  23. makes a beeping sound
  24. motor
  25. False
  26. motor
  27. is a resistance knob
  28. beeps for an alarm
  29. True
  30. resistor
  31. has coloured bands
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. LDR
  38. False
  39. glows using little power
  40. False

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