Transcript Resistors and capacitors

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What does each strip on a resistor tell you?
Label each ring on the diagram below:
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Draw the circuit diagram symbols for a variable
resistor and a fixed resistor.
Fixed
Resistor
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Explain in your own words what a resistor
does
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Why do some circuits need resistors?
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Suggest two uses for a variable resistor .
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6. How is a fixed resistor different to a variable resistor?
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Variable
Resistor
7. What does a capacitor do?
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8. How are non-polarised and electrolytic capacitors different?
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9. Make a list of what else you know about capacitors, you will need to add to
this during the lesson if you learn anything new:
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Non conductive
material
Metal plate
legs
The battery gives some current to the capacitor which the capacitor then gives to the light bulb, once its full up.