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