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