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