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