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WorksheetsIntroduction to Sphero
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 22mins
What is the robot ball called?
Cosmo
Jimu
Sphero
Larry
What function makes Sphero move?
Dance
Run
Skip
Roll
What do you need to do before starting your code?
Aim
Throw Sphero across the room
Clap your hands
Brush your teeth
What makes the color change?
Main LED
Flashlight
Mr. Light
Brushing your teeth
What is the speed limit of Sphero?
255
Brushing your teeth
50
75
How do you make Sphero wait?
Stop
Wait
Delay
Go
How do you spell Sphero?
Shpero
Sparrow
Sphero
Toothbrush
Shphero
A set of instructions that control a computer in order to accomplish a task.
Block-based coding
Instruction
Program
Scratch
single step or operation of a program.
Block-based coding
Instruction
Program
Scratch
A block-based visual programming language developed by MIT to help children learn to create computer code/programs.
Block-based coding
Instruction
Program
Scratch
Creating computer programs using interlocking blocks, including nested blocks, to represent text-based coding commands.
Block-based coding
Instruction
Program
Scratch
A memory storage location to which a name is assigned to contain a value or item of data (i.e. – age = 13)
Variable
If/Then statement
Loop
Sequence
Coding statement that tests whether a condition is true, after which additional code either is or is not executed based on the result.
Variable
If/Then statement
Loop
Sequence
Control statement that repeats a section of code for a set number of times, until a condition is met, or for the entire time a program is running.
Variable
If/Then statement
Loop
Sequence
Statements and commands that must be executed in exact order until the program has completed.
Variable
If/Then statement
Loop
Sequence
Another name by which "Loop" control statements are known by.
Repeaters
If/Then statement
Iteration
Sequence
Another name by which "If/Then" control statements are known by.
Checker
Decision
Iteration
Condition Test
Programmable robotic ball with sensors for speed, acceleration, and direction. Has programmable LED front/back & 8x8 matrix.
Sphero Bolt
Sphero Mini
Sphero Spark
Sphero Rover
Programmable machine that can move independently & perform complex actions.
Robot
Compass
Gyroscope
Motor
Device for determining direction by indicating or pointing to magnetic North.
Robot
Compass
Gyroscope
Motor
A spinning wheel or disk on an axel, mounted on a movable frame, which can maintain its orientation. Used in guidance systems.
Robot
Compass
Gyroscope
Motor
A device that changes electricity or other fuel into mechanical energy or movement.
Robot
Compass
Gyroscope
Motor
You're at home on planet Earth. How many g's do you feel?
0
1
2
4
Force which causes any two objects to be attracted to each other. Force depends upon mass of objects & distance between them.
Gravity
Velocity
Centrifugal
Inertia
The rate of movement or speed of an object in a given direction.
Gravity
Velocity
Centrifugal
Inertia
Force that acts on an object moving in a circle around an axis of rotation that tends to push the object away from the center.
Gravity
Velocity
Centrifugal
Inertia
Resistance an object has to a change in its state of motion.
Gravity
Velocity
Centrifugal
Inertia
The concept of “mass in motion”, measured as mass times velocity.
Momentum
Sensor
Lumens
Light Emitting Diode
A input device or module that detects and responds to physical conditions such as motion, pressure, light, color, heat, etc.
Momentum
Sensor
Lumens
Light Emitting Diode
A measure of the brightness of light.
Momentum
Sensor
Lumens
Light Emitting Diode
A semiconductor that emits light when current flows through it.
Momentum
Sensor
Lumens
LED
A high-level programming language developed for web pages. (can also program Spheros using this)
JavaScript
Syntax
Logic
Runtime
Rules the specify how instructions, variables, and functions are to be used in developing programs or computer code.
JavaScript
Syntax
Logic
Runtime
You programmed your Sphero to draw a square while changing colors. Instead, it made a big circle and ended up under Mr. Riherd's desk and he got mad at you. What type of programming error did you make?
Logic
Syntax
Runtime
Ooopsie
Identify the colors that are programmable using a Sphero Bolt? (select AS MANY AS ARE INCLUDED in the programs)
Blue
Cyan
Green
Red
Yellow
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Movements
Lights
Sounds
Controls
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Movements
Lights
Sounds
Controls
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Movements
Lights
Sounds
Controls
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Movements
Lights
Sounds
Controls
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Operators
Comparators
Sensors
Communications
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Operators
Comparators
Sensors
Communications
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Operators
Comparators
Sensors
Communications
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Operators
Comparators
Sensors
Communications
Which program block group or palette in Sphero can the instruction shown here be found?
Events
Comparators
Sensors
Communications
