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