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