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