Vocabulary
The starting animal in Scratch
What is a cat?
This block makes the sprite move a specific number of steps
What is the 'move _ steps' block?
The name of the tab where you can draw or edit a sprite's appearance
What is the 'Costumes' tab?
The term for repeating a set of blocks in Scratch
What is a loop?
Something you can create in Scratch using code, sprites, and sounds
What are games or animations?
The characters or objects in Scratch
What are sprites?
This block lets a sprite say something in a speech bubble
What is the 'say _' block (or 'say _ for _ seconds' block)?
The button to click when you want to add a new sprite to your project
What is the 'Choose a sprite' button?
The block used to decide between two choices based on a condition
What is the 'if _ then _' block?
You click this tab to make music or sound effects
What is the "Sounds" tab?
The name of the area where you see your code in action in Scratch
What is the stage?
This block lets you start code with just a click
What is the 'when green flag clicked' block?
True or False: A sprite can only have one costume
What is False?
Something that stores values and has a name
What is a variable?
This block lets your sprite jump in a game in Scratch
What is the 'change y by __' block?
The backgrounds in Scratch
What are backdrops?
This type of block lets you control how a sprite repeats actions
What is a loop block (or repeat block)?
This block changes a sprite's appearance by switching its costume
What is the "switch costume to __" block?
A way to make code run without stopping
What is 'using a 'forever' loop'?
This block allows you to make your game restart when a sprite touches a certain color
What is "use the 'if touching color __ then' block"?
The name of the area where you build your code in Scratch
What is the coding workspace (or scripting area)?
What is the 'touching _' block?
The main difference between sprites and costumes
What is "A sprite is the object; a costume is how it looks"?
A way to make code run only when you press something
What is the 'when _ key pressed' block?
Clicking this allows you to open a project you were previously working on
What is 'Load Project'?