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