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