Module 3 Unit 1A Worksheet

A __ is a passive electrical device that steps up or steps down current and voltage.

A __ is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element.

What type of resistors can be used to adjust circuit elements or as sensing devices for heat, light, humidity, force or chemical activity?

• Capacitors

• Variable Resistors

• Tapped Resistors

• fixed resistors

A passive electronic component used in circuits to block direct current while passing alternating current

• Resistor

• Inductor

• capacitor

• Transistor

An __ is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores energy in a magnetic field when electric current flows through it.

What type of device typically consists of an insulated wire wound into a coil around a core?

• Inductor

• Transformer

• Resistor

• Capacitor

A __ is used to control a circuit by an independent low-power signal.

What device is used to generate a controlled magnetic field through a coil wound into a coil around a core

• Dynamo

• Transformer

• Capacitor

• solenoid

A ​ (a)   is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction.

• diode
• relay
• inductor
• schematic

What semiconductor device that can act as an amplifier or a switch?