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