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