Grade 6 Computer Science — Parts of a computer

Name the main parts of a computer system, say what each one does, and follow the input-process-output cycle.

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1.A part of a computer you can pick up and touch is called hardware. What do we call the instructions the computer follows, which you cannot touch at all?
2.A computer does every job in the same three stages. Which list has them in the right order?
- a) Output, input, process
- b) Input, process, output
- c) Input, output, process
- d) Process, output, input
3.Match each part to the job it does.
- Monitor
- Keyboard
- Speaker
- Mouse
- Printer
- Shows words and pictures on a screen
- Lets you type letters and numbers
- Plays sound out loud
- Puts your work onto paper
- Moves the pointer and clicks
4.Tap the monitor — the part that shows you what the computer is doing.
Write the number of the part.
5.Tap the system unit — the box that holds the processor and the memory.
Write the number of the part.
6.Which one of these is NOT hardware?
- a) A hard disk
- b) A word processing program
- c) A pair of headphones
- d) A webcam
7.The processor is often called by three letters, short for central processing unit. What are the three letters?
8.Hardware is a part you can pick up and touch. Software is a set of instructions. Sort each one.
Groups: Hardware · Software
- Mouse
- Printer
- Painting app
- Operating system
- Monitor
- Web browser

Answer key — Grade 6 Computer Science — Parts of a computer

1. software
2. b) Input, process, output
3. Monitor → Shows words and pictures on a screen; Keyboard → Lets you type letters and numbers; Speaker → Plays sound out loud; Mouse → Moves the pointer and clicks; Printer → Puts your work onto paper
4. 1 — Monitor
5. 2 — System unit
6. b) A word processing program
7.
- CPU
- C.P.U.
8. Mouse → Hardware; Web browser → Software; Printer → Hardware; Painting app → Software; Monitor → Hardware; Operating system → Software