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