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