Name that Block
Vocab
What Happens
Sphero Parts & Other
Types of Blocks
100

What does the 2nd number in this block control?


What is speed?

100

What is heading?

What is the angle you want Sphero to roll at?

100

What does this block do?

 

What is pause the next block for 2s?
100

What is the square with all the LEDs on called?

What is matrix?

100

If/Then and If/Then/Else blocks are _____?

What are conditionals?

200

What does the 3rd number in this block control? 


What is duration?

200

Programming that executes one block or command at a time.

What is synchronous programming?

200

What does this block of code do?


What is straight and then turn on the light after 1 second?

200

Why is the gyroscope helpful?

What is it helps the robot maintain the orientation it's facing?

200

These blocks compare two values.

What are comparators?

300

What is the Block to change Sphero's color?

What is the Main LED block?

300

Programming that executes multiple blocks or commands at the same time.

What is asynchronous programming?

300

What does this code do?


What is go in a circle?

300

What does the "on collision" block do?

What is Bolt will do whatever block is attached to the "on collision" block?

300


The _______ block is a sensor that measures the Sphero's g-force (speed and direction).



What is accelerometer?

400

What does this block do?


What is senses the heading of Bolt then randomly heads at any degree between 150 & 210?

400

A piece of information, like a number value, that can change during a program.

What is variable?

400

If Pitch orientation < -30 is true, it will respond when _____.

What is tilted forward?

400

What does the heading block plus 180 degrees do?

Controls Bolt to roll in the opposite direction as the last roll.

400

Coding statement that tests whether a condition is true, then additional code is either executed or not based on the result.

What is If/Then statement?

500

What does the "yaw orientation" sensor do?

What is spin left or spin right?

500

Phrases that combine letters, numbers, and/or other characters.

What is string?

500

If Roll orientation < -30 is true, it will respond when ____.

What is tilted left?

500

When using the "play sound" block, what will happen if you toggle the "wait" to "continue"?

This tells Bolt to play the sound at the same time as completing the next block.

500

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.

What is loop?