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