Scratch Coding Basic Vocabulary

The playing speed of a sound file.

• tempo

• volume

The loudness of a sound file.

• tempo

• volume

Graphical bubble that displays a sprite thinking.

• thought bubble

• speech bubble

Graphical bubble that shows a sprite speaking.

• thought bubble

• speech bubble

Making a copy of a sprite.

• stage

• cloning

• script

Blocks that allows you to repeat scripts multiple times.

• repeating blocks

• script

• volume

Using the Scratch “Pen” feature to write on the stage.

• script

• stage

• drawing

Displays the location of your X and Y positions.

• stage

• coordinates

• volume

Alternate appearances of your sprite.

• tempo

• stage

• costumes

Background displayed on your Scratch stage.

• costumes

• backdrop

• coordinates