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