Alice Chapter 2 Lab 2

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Exercises from Chapter 2

For each of the following exercises, create a storyboard on a separate sheet of paper and then translate the storyboard to a program. Include at least one comment in your program.

1. Complete Exercise 4 (Circling Fish).
   
   
   
2. Complete Exercise 5 (Tortoise Gets a Cookie).
   
   
   

Extra For Experts

3. Complete Exercise 6.  Magnet Fun: ___________
   
   
   

Concept Questions (Short Answers)

4. (a) Describe what is meant by the term method. (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   (b) What does a method define? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
5. (a) Which control statement is used in Alice to create a block of instructions that will occur in sequence when the program is run? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   (b) Which control statement is used in Alice to create a block of instructions that will occur simultaneously when the program is run? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
6. What is meant by the phrase "one block of code can be nested in another"? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. How do you know whether a computer program has a bug? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. What is the purpose of a set instruction? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
9. If comments are ignored by Alice then why do we add comments to our programs? (Page # _____ )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. What built-in method is used to:
    
    (a) change the orientation of an object? (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    (b) display a comic-book style text bubble on the screen? (Page # _____ )
    
    
    
    
    (c) synchronize the movement of one object to the movement of another? (Page # _____ )