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