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