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 plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) build it with an adult (b) test it and fix it (c) pick a problem to solve (d) list inputs and outputs
- 2.True or false: “a button press” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: “a motion sensor signal” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🔢 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
- 5.🔢 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
- 6.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “test it and fix it”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) test it and fix it
- 7.Which of these is the output? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) a button press (c) a soil moisture reading (d) an LED lights up
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) the fan starts (c) a light level reading (d) a soil moisture reading
- 9.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the battery (b) the input (c) the output (d) the process
- 10.🗺️ 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
- 11.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) the pump turns on (c) a temperature reading (d) decide if soil is dry
- 12.🔢 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) test it and fix it (d) draw the circuit diagram
- 13.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) input (c) output
- 14.True or false: “a button press” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) test it and fix it (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) list inputs and outputs (d) pick a problem to solve
- 16.True or false: “compare with a limit” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🗺️ 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
- 18.True or false: “a button press” is the process. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the fan starts (b) an alert on the phone (c) count button presses (d) the pump turns on
- 20.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “compare with the limit”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) switch the pump on/off (c) read the soil sensor
- 21.Which of these is the process? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) an LED lights up (c) compare with a limit (d) a buzzer beeps
- 22.True or false: “a motion sensor signal” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🔢 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) compare with the limit (d) wait a few seconds
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an LED lights up (b) the fan starts (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a buzzer beeps
- 25.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a light level reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) input (c) process
- 26.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “the fan starts” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 27.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “read the soil sensor”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) compare with the limit (c) switch the pump on/off
- 28.Which of these is the process? (a) check if temp > 30 (b) an alert on the phone (c) an LED lights up (d) a temperature reading
- 29.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) draw the circuit diagram (c) test it and fix it (d) list inputs and outputs
- 30.🔢 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
- 31.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) draw the circuit diagram
- 33.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the LAST step? (a) read the soil sensor (b) wait a few seconds (c) switch the pump on/off (d) compare with the limit
- 34.Which of these is the output? (a) a temperature reading (b) an alert on the phone (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a soil moisture reading
- 35.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “draw the circuit diagram” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) draw the circuit diagram (b) pick a problem to solve
- 36.True or false: “a buzzer beeps” is the output. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is the process? (a) a temperature reading (b) an LED lights up (c) an alert on the phone (d) decide if soil is dry
- 38.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “read the soil sensor” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) read the soil sensor
- 39.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, what comes right after “switch the pump on/off”? (a) compare with the limit (b) wait a few seconds (c) read the soil sensor
- 40.Which of these is the input? (a) an LED lights up (b) check if temp > 30 (c) a motion sensor signal (d) an alert on the phone
Answer key
- pick a problem to solve
- True
- False
- read the soil sensor
- compare with the limit
- draw the circuit diagram
- an LED lights up
- the fan starts
- the process
- process
- a temperature reading
- list inputs and outputs
- input
- False
- test it and fix it
- False
- inputs and outputs
- False
- count button presses
- switch the pump on/off
- compare with a limit
- True
- read the soil sensor
- decide if soil is dry
- input
- output
- compare with the limit
- check if temp > 30
- test it and fix it
- read the soil sensor
- False
- pick a problem to solve
- wait a few seconds
- an alert on the phone
- pick a problem to solve
- True
- decide if soil is dry
- read the soil sensor
- wait a few seconds
- a motion sensor signal
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