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