Vocabulary

Question 1

lowerCamelCase

Answer 1

lowerCamelCase is a naming convention where the first letter is lower case, subsequent start of a word is upper case.

Question 2

World

Answer 2

A “world’ or “Karel World” is a grid that Karel lives in.

Question 3

Karel

Answer 3

Karel is a dog who listens to your commands.

Question 4

Command

Answer 4

A Command is an instruction you can give to Karel.

Question 5

Define a Function

Answer 5

Defining a function means to teach the computer a new command and explain what it should do when receiving that command

Question 6

Call a Function

Answer 6

Calling a Function actually gives the command, so the computer will run the code for that function

Question 7

Indentation

Answer 7

Indentation is the visual structure of how your code is laid out. It uses tabs to organize code in to a hierarchy .

Question 8

Curly Bracket

Answer 8

An open curly bracket is {and a close curly bracket is}

Question 9

Parenthesis

Answer 9

( and )

Question 10

Function body

Answer 10

The part of a function that contains the commands

Question 11

Break Down (decompose)

Answer 11

Breaking down (decompose) your code is splitting it into more functions.

Question 12

Read like a Story

Answer 12

Programs that “Read like a Story “ have good decomposition and make the code easy to follow.

Question 13

Indentation

Answer 13

Indentation is the visual structure of how your code is laid out. It uses tabs to organize code in hierarchy.

Question 14

Start Function

Answer 14

This is the function that is called when you click run

Question 15

Decomposition

Answer 15

Decomposition is breaking your program into smaller parts.

Question 16

Top Down Design

Answer 16

Top Down Design is a method for breaking our program down into smaller parts.

Question 17

Algorithm

Answer 17

An algorithm is a set of steps or rules to follow to solve a particular problem.

Question 18

Loop

Answer 18

A loop is a way to repeat code in your program

Question 19

For loop

Answer 19

A for loop lets us repeat code a fixed number of times

Question 20

Control Structure

Answer 20

A control structure lets us change the flow of the code

Question 21

While loop

Answer 21

Lets us repeat code as long as something is true

Question 22

Condition

Answer 22

A condition is code that you put inside an if statement or while loop

Question 23

Fencepost Problem

Answer 23

A problem when using a while loop where you forgot one action at the beginning or the end

Question 24

If Statement

Answer 24

An if statement lets you ask a question to the program and only run code if the answer is true

Question 25

If/Else Statement

Answer 25

Control Structure that lets us do either one section of code or another depending on a test.