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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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