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