Electronics Worksheet: Project Planning
Remember (Input, process, output): Input = what is sensed (a reading, a button press). Process = what the program decides (compare with a limit, count). Output = what happens (pump on, buzzer, LED, phone alert). Plan → draw → build with an adult → test.
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- 1.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “test it and fix it”? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve
- 3.Which of these is the process? (a) an LED lights up (b) compare with a limit (c) a soil moisture reading (d) a motion sensor signal
- 4.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the output (b) the battery (c) the process (d) the input
- 5.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) read the soil sensor (c) wait a few seconds
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) count button presses (c) a buzzer beeps (d) decide if soil is dry
- 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) an LED lights up (c) a light level reading (d) a soil moisture reading
- 8.True or false: “a light level reading” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the pump turns on” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
- 10.Which of these is the output? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) decide if soil is dry (c) count button presses (d) a soil moisture reading
- 11.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “decide if soil is dry” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) count button presses (c) check if temp > 30 (d) decide if soil is dry
- 13.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 14.True or false: “a button press” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “compare with a limit” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 16.Which of these is the process? (a) an LED lights up (b) count button presses (c) a button press (d) a motion sensor signal
- 17.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “read the soil sensor”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) wait a few seconds (c) compare with the limit
- 18.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the output. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) wait a few seconds (b) compare with the limit (c) read the soil sensor (d) switch the pump on/off
- 20.True or false: “check if temp > 30” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
- 22.Which of these is the input? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) an LED lights up (c) a temperature reading (d) check if temp > 30
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the fan starts (b) count button presses (c) an alert on the phone (d) the pump turns on
- 24.Which of these is the input? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) count button presses (c) check if temp > 30 (d) a light level reading
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) an LED lights up (c) a light level reading (d) an alert on the phone
- 26.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) compare with the limit (b) read the soil sensor (c) switch the pump on/off (d) wait a few seconds
- 27.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) switch the pump on/off
- 29.Which of these is the input? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) compare with a limit (c) an alert on the phone (d) a button press
- 30.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) list inputs and outputs (c) test it and fix it (d) build it with an adult
- 31.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “compare with the limit”? (a) switch the pump on/off (b) compare with the limit
- 32.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) switch the pump on/off
- 33.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a buzzer beeps” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the pump turns on (b) an LED lights up (c) the fan starts (d) decide if soil is dry
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) decide if soil is dry (c) a temperature reading (d) check if temp > 30
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an alert on the phone (b) an LED lights up (c) the fan starts (d) compare with a limit
- 37.True or false: “the pump turns on” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “a button press” is the process. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “the pump turns on” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “list inputs and outputs”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) test it and fix it (c) build it with an adult (d) draw the circuit diagram
Answer key
- False
- pick a problem to solve
- compare with a limit
- the process
- switch the pump on/off
- a buzzer beeps
- an LED lights up
- False
- output
- a buzzer beeps
- process
- a button press
- process
- True
- process
- count button presses
- compare with the limit
- False
- wait a few seconds
- False
- output
- a temperature reading
- count button presses
- a light level reading
- a light level reading
- read the soil sensor
- True
- switch the pump on/off
- a button press
- pick a problem to solve
- compare with the limit
- switch the pump on/off
- output
- decide if soil is dry
- a temperature reading
- compare with a limit
- False
- False
- True
- draw the circuit diagram
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