App Creators - Activity 1.7

a line of code that assigns a value to a variable

• assignment statement

• data type

• scope of a variable

• declare

the type of information stored in a variable; common examples are number, string (text), and Boolean (logic)

• data type

• global

• initialize

• pixel

to create a variable in a program and give it a name

• declare

• assignment statement

• initialize

• scope of a variable

to break a problem down into smaller pieces

• decompose

• increment

• pixel

• variable

a keyword used when declaring a variable; makes the variable available to all the blocks in the program

• global

• initialize

• assignment statement

• data type

to increase the value of a numeric variable by a set amount

• increment

• trace table

• sprite

• assignment statement

to assign a variable its initial, or first, value

• initialize

• trace an algorithm

• data type

• declare

any one of the very small dots that together form the picture on a digital screen

• pixel

• sprite

• variable

• global

the part of a program where a variable is visible and can be used by the code

• scope of a variable

• data type

• global

• increment

graphic object that may be moved on-screen or otherwise manipulated

• sprite

• variable

• decompose

• increment