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