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