Scratch Programming — Flashcards

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Scratch is a visual, block-based programming language developed by MIT Media Lab, USA. It allows users to create animations, games, stories, and interactive projects by dragging and connecting code bl…

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Scratch was developed by Mitchel Resnick and his team at the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab, USA. It was created to help young learners understand programming through creativity and play.

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A sprite is a character or object that performs actions on the stage in Scratch. It can move, talk, change costumes, and react to events. The default sprite is a cat, but you can add or draw new ones.

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The Stage is the background area where sprites perform actions and animations happen. It can have different backdrops and is like a theater stage. By default, it has a white background, but you can ch…

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A backdrop is the background image of the Stage. It helps set the scene for your project, like a forest, space, or classroom. You can change backdrops to create different scenes in an animation or gam…

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The Script Area is the middle section of the Scratch editor where you drag and join code blocks to create programs. Each script tells a sprite or backdrop what to do, like move, speak, or change color…

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Blocks are puzzle-shaped code pieces used to write programs in Scratch. Each block has a specific command, like 'move 10 steps' or 'say Hello'. You connect them like puzzle pieces to build scripts tha…

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The Block Palette is the area on the left side of the Scratch editor that shows all available code blocks, grouped by category like Motion, Looks, and Sound. You drag blocks from here to the Script Ar…