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.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “pick a problem to solve”? (a) test it and fix it (b) list inputs and outputs (c) build it with an adult (d) draw the circuit diagram
- 2.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “compare with the limit” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) compare with the limit (b) wait a few seconds
- 3.Which of these is the input? (a) count button presses (b) the pump turns on (c) an LED lights up (d) a motion sensor signal
- 4.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 5.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) list inputs and outputs (c) test it and fix it (d) build it with an adult
- 6.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “switch the pump on/off”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds (c) compare with the limit
- 7.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) draw the circuit diagram
- 8.True or false: “a light level reading” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “list inputs and outputs” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) draw the circuit diagram
- 10.True or false: “the fan starts” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “switch the pump on/off”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) switch the pump on/off
- 12.Which of these is the input? (a) the pump turns on (b) a button press (c) compare with a limit (d) decide if soil is dry
- 13.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) the fan starts (c) a buzzer beeps (d) a temperature reading
- 14.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these is the output? (a) a temperature reading (b) a button press (c) an alert on the phone (d) check if temp > 30
- 16.True or false: “a light level reading” is the process. (a) False (b) True
- 17.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these is the output? (a) a light level reading (b) decide if soil is dry (c) a temperature reading (d) the fan starts
- 19.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the output. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) a buzzer beeps (c) an alert on the phone (d) the pump turns on
- 21.🗺️ Before building a project, what should you write down first? (a) the box colour (b) nothing at all (c) the final price (d) inputs and outputs
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) a motion sensor signal (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a button press
- 23.Which of these is the output? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) decide if soil is dry (c) the pump turns on (d) check if temp > 30
- 24.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “compare with a limit” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) count button presses (b) a buzzer beeps (c) the pump turns on (d) an LED lights up
- 26.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) compare with the limit (b) switch the pump on/off (c) wait a few seconds (d) read the soil sensor
- 27.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the battery (b) the input (c) the process (d) the output
- 28.Which of these is the process? (a) an LED lights up (b) a temperature reading (c) the pump turns on (d) check if temp > 30
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) a soil moisture reading (c) compare with a limit (d) a motion sensor signal
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) a light level reading (c) count button presses (d) check if temp > 30
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) compare with a limit (c) a buzzer beeps (d) check if temp > 30
- 32.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 33.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) build it with an adult (b) list inputs and outputs (c) test it and fix it (d) pick a problem to solve
- 34.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an alert on the phone” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) a button press (c) a soil moisture reading (d) the fan starts
- 36.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “wait a few seconds” or “read the soil sensor”? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds
- 37.True or false: “an LED lights up” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🔢 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
- 39.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “build it with an adult”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) build it with an adult
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) decide if soil is dry (c) compare with a limit (d) an LED lights up
Answer key
- list inputs and outputs
- compare with the limit
- a motion sensor signal
- process
- test it and fix it
- wait a few seconds
- pick a problem to solve
- True
- list inputs and outputs
- False
- read the soil sensor
- a button press
- a temperature reading
- False
- an alert on the phone
- False
- False
- the fan starts
- False
- check if temp > 30
- inputs and outputs
- decide if soil is dry
- the pump turns on
- process
- count button presses
- read the soil sensor
- the process
- check if temp > 30
- compare with a limit
- a light level reading
- a buzzer beeps
- process
- build it with an adult
- output
- the fan starts
- read the soil sensor
- False
- switch the pump on/off
- draw the circuit diagram
- an LED lights up
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