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