Chapter 9 Introduction to scratch
Answer the following questions
1. What is scratch? Why do we use scratch?
Answer:-Scratch is a visual programming language. It is based on a
drag and drop feature which makes it suitable to create games,
animated stories and projects. Scratch language provides in-built
graphic characters which can perform actions according to the
commands given. These characters are called Sprites.
Scratch is used as a introductory programming language because it
makes the creation of animated stories and games an easy task.
2. In how many ways a new sprite can be added to your project
Answer:- we can create,import or use the available sprites in our
project in various ways.
Choose sprite from library
Paint new sprite
Upload sprite from file
New sprite from camera
Sprite list
3. Differentiate between two types of turn blocks under the motion
category.
Answer:-
4. How a sound can be added to your project?
Answer:- let us explore different ways of adding sound using sound
tab.
1. Click on the sound tab placed on the top of the scripts area.
a new sound pane will appear.
2. Under the new sound section, you will find three options.
3. Click on the choose sound from library button. A sound library
dialog box will appear.
4. Choose any category from the given option and click ok.
5. Give the steps to save your project.
Answer:-The steps for saving a scratch project are given below.
i) To save a project click on the file tabsave as options
from the menu bar.
ii) In the file name: give a name of the project. The
default extension of scratch file is .sb2.
