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