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