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