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