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