App Inventer

Question 1

Event

Answer 1

An action that causes something to happen

Question 2

Command

Answer 2

The blocks of code that actually do the work of the app

Question 3

Palette

Answer 3

The section in the design view that shows a list of components that you can add to your app

Question 4

Viewer

Answer 4

The section in the design view that shows what items have already been added to your app

Question 5

Properties

Answer 5

The section in the design view that shows what you can change about the current component

Question 6

Media

Answer 6

The section in the design view that shows any image and sounds you have currently uploaded to your app

Question 7

blockly

Answer 7

Blockly is the name of the visual programming editor that App inventor used to make. The blocks in the browser.

Question 8

Designer

Answer 8

The screen where you can drop component pieces and design your app.

Question 9

Accelerometer Sensor

Answer 9

Non- visible component that can detect shaking.

Question 10

Canvas

Answer 10

• A two-dimensional touch-sensitive rectangular panel in App Inventor on which drawing can be done and sprites (images) or a ball object can be moved.

Question 11

Fill parent

Answer 11

A setting in AppInventor that resizes a component to fit the space available.

Question 12

Horizontal Arrangement

Answer 12

A component in AppInventor that lets you place things next to each other horizontally

Question 13

Heading

Answer 13

A property of the ball component in AppInventor. This specifies the direction in which the ball travels
Heading is measured in degrees

Question 14

Interval

Answer 14

A property of the ball component in AppInventor. This specifies the frequency of the ball movement
Interval is measure in milliseconds

Question 15

Radius

Answer 15

A property of the ball component in AppInventor. This specifies the size of the ball
Radius is measured in pixels

Question 16

Speed

Answer 16

A property of the ball component in AppInventor. This specifies how fast the ball travels
Speed is measured in pixels per second

Question 17

Conditional Statement (If Block)

Answer 17

a set of rules performed if a certain condition is met. (Example - IF a checkbox is checked THEN execute the command)

Question 18

Clock

Answer 18

Non-visible component that provides the instant in time using the internal clock on the phone. It can fire a timer at regularly set intervals

Question 19

ImageSprite

Answer 19

A ‘sprite’ that can be placed on a Canvas, where it can react to touches and drags, interact with other sprites