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