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