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Script: It is defined as one or a set of blocks that begins with a hat block.

                     Title Bar: It is present at the top of the Scratch window. It shows Scratch written
                    on the left. The right side of the Title Bar has the three control buttons: Minimize,
                    Maximize /Restore and Close.

                     Block palette: It displays the categories of blocks based on their functions and
                    uses. There are mainly ten types of blocks available in Scratch 3.

                     Backdrop: It is the background of the stage.

                     Stage Area: It is a place where you will see all the action happening.

                     Coding Area: It is a place where you drag blocks and join them to create your
                    code.

                     Sprite Info Pane: It shows all the details of sprites and backdrops used in a project.
                    You can add, delete, see the name and location, increase and decrease the size of
                    a sprite. Similarly, you can add or change the backdrop.

                     Add Extension: It takes us to menus of extension from where we can add extra
                    blocks to the code area.

                     Go Button: It is the green flag and when you click on it, it runs a Scratch program.

                     Stop Button:  It is  the  red button  that,  on clicking,  stops  the  running Scratch
                    program.

                     Menu Bar: It contains options and commands related to the projects that you

                    create in Scratch. The options are File, Edit, Tutorials and name of the Scratch
                    project.
                     Tabs: It has mainly three tabs:

                      Code Tab: It contains block categories and the list of blocks in a category. Some

                        block  categories  are—Motion,  Looks,  Sound, Pen,  Events,  Control,  Sensing,
                        Operators, Variables and My Blocks. Each block performs a task in a project.

                      Costumes Tab: In this tab, you can add and make changes to the appearance
                        of the sprites and backdrops.

                      Sounds Tab: In this tab, you can add and make changes to the sounds of the
                        sprite and backdrop.




                       Tick ( ) if you know this.

                       ▶   Scratch is a visual programming language.


                       ▶   The person who writes these programs is known as a programmer.



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