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