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