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