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