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.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which is the FIRST step? (a) wait a few seconds (b) compare with the limit (c) read the soil sensor (d) switch the pump on/off
- 2.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “test it and fix it” or “pick a problem to solve”? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve
- 3.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a buzzer beeps” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
- 4.🔢 To run one loop of a plant-watering program, which comes first: “switch the pump on/off” or “wait a few seconds”? (a) wait a few seconds (b) switch the pump on/off
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an alert on the phone (b) a buzzer beeps (c) compare with a limit (d) the pump turns on
- 6.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a button press” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) output (c) process
- 7.Which of these is the input? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) an alert on the phone (c) check if temp > 30 (d) decide if soil is dry
- 8.True or false: “a temperature reading” is the input. (a) True (b) False
- 9.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a soil moisture reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 10.True or false: “an alert on the phone” is the process. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is the output? (a) an alert on the phone (b) check if temp > 30 (c) a motion sensor signal (d) a light level reading
- 12.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a temperature reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
- 13.🗺️ 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
- 14.🗺️ In “input → process → output”, which part is the decision the program makes? (a) the battery (b) the input (c) the output (d) the process
- 15.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “count button presses” the input, the process or the output? (a) output (b) process (c) input
- 16.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “build it with an adult”? (a) test it and fix it (b) list inputs and outputs (c) draw the circuit diagram (d) pick a problem to solve
- 17.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “check if temp > 30” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a light level reading (b) count button presses (c) check if temp > 30 (d) decide if soil is dry
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a motion sensor signal (b) the fan starts (c) a button press (d) a soil moisture reading
- 20.True or false: “a light level reading” is the process. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “a light level reading” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a buzzer beeps (b) the pump turns on (c) decide if soil is dry (d) an alert on the phone
- 23.🔢 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) wait a few seconds (d) switch the pump on/off
- 24.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the LAST step? (a) list inputs and outputs (b) test it and fix it (c) build it with an adult (d) draw the circuit diagram
- 25.🔢 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) list inputs and outputs (d) build it with an adult
- 26.Which of these is the output? (a) count button presses (b) the pump turns on (c) a light level reading (d) check if temp > 30
- 27.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which comes first: “pick a problem to solve” or “list inputs and outputs”? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) list inputs and outputs
- 28.Which of these is the process? (a) a soil moisture reading (b) compare with a limit (c) an alert on the phone (d) a temperature reading
- 29.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “an LED lights up” the input, the process or the output? (a) process (b) output (c) input
- 30.True or false: “count button presses” is the output. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compare with a limit (b) count button presses (c) decide if soil is dry (d) a motion sensor signal
- 32.🔢 To plan an electronics project, which is the FIRST step? (a) pick a problem to solve (b) list inputs and outputs (c) build it with an adult (d) test it and fix it
- 33.Which of these is the input? (a) decide if soil is dry (b) a light level reading (c) a buzzer beeps (d) count button presses
- 34.🔢 To plan an electronics project, what comes right after “draw the circuit diagram”? (a) test it and fix it (b) pick a problem to solve (c) list inputs and outputs (d) build it with an adult
- 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a button press (b) the fan starts (c) the pump turns on (d) a buzzer beeps
- 36.🗺️ In an input → process → output plan, is “a light level reading” the input, the process or the output? (a) input (b) process (c) output
- 37.True or false: “a light level reading” is the input. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: “decide if soil is dry” is the output. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🔢 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
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) an alert on the phone (b) a motion sensor signal (c) a button press (d) a temperature reading
Answer key
- read the soil sensor
- pick a problem to solve
- output
- switch the pump on/off
- compare with a limit
- input
- a soil moisture reading
- True
- input
- False
- an alert on the phone
- input
- inputs and outputs
- the process
- process
- test it and fix it
- process
- a light level reading
- the fan starts
- False
- False
- decide if soil is dry
- wait a few seconds
- test it and fix it
- list inputs and outputs
- the pump turns on
- pick a problem to solve
- compare with a limit
- output
- False
- a motion sensor signal
- pick a problem to solve
- a light level reading
- build it with an adult
- a button press
- input
- True
- False
- compare with the limit
- an alert on the phone
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