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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: Minimise,

              Maximize /Restore and Close.
               Block Menu: 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,  Tutorial  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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