App Dev Worksheet: What Is an App
Developer's tip (Install or visit): App = application: a program installed on a phone to do a job for its users. An app comes from an app store and has a home-screen icon; a website opens in a web browser from a web address. Kinds of apps: games, learning apps, tool apps, health apps.
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- 1.🗂️ What kind of app is a calculator? (a) a learning app (b) a health app (c) a game (d) a tool app
- 2.🔔 What is a message an app shows on your lock screen called? (a) a wireframe (b) a web address (c) a variable (d) a notification
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a torch (b) a puzzle with levels (c) a cricket run chase (d) a word battle
- 4.📱 Which one is installed on a phone: an app or a website? (a) a website (b) an app
- 5.📱 Which one opens from a link: an app or a website? (a) an app (b) a website
- 6.True or false: a website opens from a link. (a) True (b) False
- 7.📱 Which one has a home-screen icon: an app or a website? (a) an app (b) a website
- 8.🗂️ What kind of app is an alarm clock? (a) a game (b) a learning app (c) a tool app (d) a health app
- 9.📲 What happens when you tap an app’s icon? (a) the app is deleted (b) the sound turns off (c) the app opens (d) the phone charges
- 10.Which of these is true of an app? (a) has a web address (b) opens from a link (c) needs no installing (d) is installed on a phone
- 11.True or false: a racing challenge is a health app. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🗂️ What kind of app is a spelling coach? (a) a learning app (b) a tool app (c) a health app (d) a game
- 13.📱 Which one opens in a web browser: an app or a website? (a) a website (b) an app
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a step counter (b) a sleep tracker (c) a calculator (d) a water reminder
- 15.🗂️ What kind of app is a cricket run chase? (a) a tool app (b) a game (c) a learning app (d) a health app
- 16.Which of these is true of a website? (a) updates from the store (b) opens from a link (c) has a home-screen icon (d) comes from an app store
- 17.Which of these is true of a website? (a) has a home-screen icon (b) is installed on a phone (c) needs no installing (d) updates from the store
- 18.True or false: a unit converter is a game. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: a racing challenge is a game. (a) True (b) False
- 20.True or false: an app has a web address. (a) False (b) True
- 21.📴 Which of these can often still work with no internet? (a) a new website (b) a video call (c) an installed app (d) an online search
- 22.True or false: a website comes from an app store. (a) False (b) True
- 23.📱 Which one has a web address: an app or a website? (a) a website (b) an app
- 24.🗂️ What kind of app is a unit converter? (a) a learning app (b) a tool app (c) a health app (d) a game
- 25.True or false: a calculator is a game. (a) True (b) False
- 26.📱 The word “app” is short for ___. (a) appetite (b) apparatus (c) application (d) appointment
- 27.True or false: an alarm clock is a tool app. (a) True (b) False
- 28.📱 Which one needs no installing: an app or a website? (a) an app (b) a website
- 29.True or false: a flashcard trainer is a game. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is true of a website? (a) opens in a web browser (b) comes from an app store (c) has a home-screen icon (d) is installed on a phone
- 31.🧑 Who is an app really made for? (a) its icon (b) its users (c) its coder only (d) its charger
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an alarm clock (b) a torch (c) a sleep tracker (d) a unit converter
- 33.True or false: a word battle is a health app. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: an app has a home-screen icon. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🗂️ What kind of app is a word battle? (a) a learning app (b) a health app (c) a tool app (d) a game
- 36.True or false: a website has a web address. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: a water reminder is a health app. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is true of an app? (a) has a web address (b) needs no installing (c) opens in a web browser (d) has a home-screen icon
- 39.📱 Where do people usually download phone apps from? (a) a printer (b) a charger (c) a web server (d) an app store
- 40.📱 Which one updates from the store: an app or a website? (a) a website (b) an app
Answer key
- a tool app
- a notification
- a torch
- an app
- a website
- True
- an app
- a tool app
- the app opens
- is installed on a phone
- False
- a learning app
- a website
- a calculator
- a game
- opens from a link
- needs no installing
- False
- True
- False
- an installed app
- False
- a website
- a tool app
- False
- application
- True
- a website
- False
- opens in a web browser
- its users
- a sleep tracker
- False
- True
- a game
- True
- True
- has a home-screen icon
- an app store
- an app
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