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