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