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