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Stage Area: It is similar to a stage in a play where everything takes place. You can
watch stories, play games and run your scratch projects on the stage. In Scratch,
the background is called backdrop.
Sprite: It is the actor who acts on the stage. Sprite is an object in Scratch that
performs the function on stage area. The default sprite in Scratch is an orange
cat.
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 which on clicking stops the running Scratch
program.
Sprites Info Pane: It is just below the Stage area. 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.
Block Menu: It displays the categories of blocks based on their function and use.
These blocks within the same category share the same colour which allow better
distinction of the parts of a program.
Coding Area: It is also called the scripts area where you stack your blocks to
create scripts. If you save a project with a script, the script will also be saved.
When we click on a script, all the blocks execute from top to bottom.
Script: Script is a collection of a number of stacked blocks. It gives stepwise
instructions to a sprite to do something on the stage. Script is actually a program
which gives the instructions in the form of blocks. A script must have at least two
blocks.
Backdrop: It is a background of the stage.
Tabs: Scratch has mainly three tabs which are described below.
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. All
block categories are of different colours. In scratch,
each block performs a task in a project. The blocks
connect to each other like a jigsaw puzzle and create
scripts.
Costumes Tab: In this tab, you can add and make
changes in the appearance of the sprites and backdrops.
Sounds Tab: In this tab, you can add and make changes
in the sounds of the sprite and backdrop.
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