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