Resistor: naming exercise and answer key, US style

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Fig. 1
Name
Meaning
Fig. 2
Name
Meaning
Fig. 3
Name
Meaning
Fig. 4
Name
Meaning
Fig. 5
Name
Meaning
Fig. 6
Name
Meaning

Notes

Write the name of each symbol, and what it shows, on its lines.
Write the name of each terminal in its box.
The answers are on sheet 2.

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Class
Date
Sheet: 1 of 2
Drawing: Resistor Naming exercise
Style: US style
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Fig. 1
12
Name Resistor
A resistor symbol stands for a component that opposes current. The zigzag (US style) and the plain rectangle (IEC style) are two drawings of the same component.
Fig. 2
12
Name Variable resistor
A diagonal arrow through the resistor body marks a variable resistor.
Fig. 3
1W2
Name Potentiometer
A potentiometer has three terminals: the two ends of the resistive track and a wiper, drawn as an arrow touching the body.
Fig. 4
12
Name Rheostat
A rheostat is a variable resistor used with two terminals: one end of the track and the wiper.
Fig. 5
12
Name Thermistor
A thermistor's resistance changes with temperature. NTC resistance falls as temperature rises; PTC resistance rises. A generic thermistor symbol without a type label does not distinguish the two.
Fig. 6
12
Name Light-dependent resistor
Two arrows arriving at a resistor body mark a light-dependent resistor (photoresistor).

Notes

Answer key for sheet 1. The Fig. numbers match the exercise.

Name
Class
Date
Sheet: 2 of 2
Drawing: Resistor Answer key
Style: US style
From: circuitsymbols.com
Licence: CC BY 4.0

Resistor: naming exercise and answer key, US style

Resistor: naming exercise, US style, sheet 1 of 2

Resistor: answer key, US style, sheet 2 of 2