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Electronics Worksheet: Electronic Components

Electronics lesson 17: Electronic components · Set 369 · 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.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into sound? (a) a buzzer (b) a diode (c) a resistor (d) a capacitor
  2. 2.True or false: a motor turns a fan or wheels. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) make light (b) spin a wheel (c) store charge briefly (d) measure heat
  4. 4.True or false: a fuse senses how hot it is. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🧩 Which component is a resistance knob? (a) transistor (b) potentiometer (c) resistor (d) fuse
  6. 6.What does a capacitor do? (a) makes a beeping sound (b) smooths a wobbly supply (c) limits the current (d) beeps for an alarm
  7. 7.What does a fuse do? (a) glows using little power (b) smooths a wobbly supply (c) has coloured bands (d) blows if current is high
  8. 8.What does a motor do? (a) makes things spin (b) beeps for an alarm (c) limits the current (d) makes a beeping sound
  9. 9.🧩 Which component senses how hot it is? (a) LED (b) diode (c) resistor (d) thermistor
  10. 10.🧩 Which component boosts a small signal? (a) transistor (b) buzzer (c) motor (d) diode
  11. 11.What does a resistor do? (a) limits the current (b) makes things spin (c) senses how bright it is (d) boosts a small signal
  12. 12.What does a motor do? (a) stores a little charge (b) turns a fan or wheels (c) beeps for an alarm (d) lets current go one way
  13. 13.What does a diode do? (a) stores a little charge (b) lets current go one way (c) limits the current (d) smooths a wobbly supply
  14. 14.What does a capacitor do? (a) is a resistance knob (b) stores a little charge (c) has coloured bands (d) lets current go one way
  15. 15.🧩 Which component senses how bright it is? (a) thermistor (b) capacitor (c) LDR (d) potentiometer
  16. 16.What does a resistor do? (a) turns a fan or wheels (b) has coloured bands (c) senses how bright it is (d) smooths a wobbly supply
  17. 17.What does a buzzer do? (a) stores a little charge (b) boosts a small signal (c) glows using little power (d) makes a beeping sound
  18. 18.🧩 Which component lets current go one way? (a) fuse (b) diode (c) transistor (d) buzzer
  19. 19.What does a thermistor do? (a) limits the current (b) senses how hot it is (c) is a resistance knob (d) stores a little charge
  20. 20.What does a potentiometer do? (a) makes things spin (b) senses how hot it is (c) lets current go one way (d) is a resistance knob
  21. 21.🧩 Which part changes electrical energy into movement? (a) a resistor (b) an LED (c) a fuse (d) a motor
  22. 22.🧩 Which component turns a fan or wheels? (a) resistor (b) buzzer (c) fuse (d) motor
  23. 23.🧩 A capacitor in a circuit can … (a) spin a wheel (b) store charge briefly (c) make light (d) measure heat
  24. 24.True or false: a capacitor stores a little charge. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: an LED glows using little power. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.What does an LED do? (a) makes a beeping sound (b) beeps for an alarm (c) is a resistance knob (d) glows using little power
  27. 27.True or false: an LED has coloured bands. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: a resistor has coloured bands. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: a resistor beeps for an alarm. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: a fuse stores a little charge. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: a buzzer glows using little power. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🧩 Which component beeps for an alarm? (a) LDR (b) resistor (c) buzzer (d) thermistor
  33. 33.🧩 Which component limits the current? (a) LDR (b) capacitor (c) thermistor (d) resistor
  34. 34.True or false: a thermistor senses how hot it is. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: a capacitor smooths a wobbly supply. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which component has coloured bands? (a) LED (b) capacitor (c) fuse (d) resistor
  37. 37.True or false: a motor senses how bright it is. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: a thermistor makes a beeping sound. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.What does a buzzer do? (a) beeps for an alarm (b) lets current go one way (c) limits the current (d) makes things spin
  40. 40.🧩 Which component makes things spin? (a) LED (b) motor (c) LDR (d) potentiometer

Answer key

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

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