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