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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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