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