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Components of the Scratch Window

                 Let us learn about the components of the Scratch window:
                                                                          Go Button
                               Title Bar    Menu Bar
                                                                            Stop Button



                      Tabs
                                                                                                  Stage Area



                                                                                                  Sprite
                    Blocks
                     Menu
                                                                                                    Script
                                                                                                    Backdrop




                                                                                                    Coding Area






                                                                               Sprites Info Pane

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

                     Sprite: It is an object or actor that we see on the Scratch stage. The orange “cat”
                    is the default sprite.
                     Stage Area: It is the main working area to draw or perform the action. It shows
                    the output of the program.

                     Backdrop: It is background of the stage.

                     Sprites Info Pane: It shows all the details of sprites and backdrops used in a
                    project.

                     Blocks Menu: This contains various predefined blocks that are used to perform
                    different tasks. These blocks are used to create scripts in Scratch.

                     Coding Area: This is the area where we pick and drop the blocks from the Blocks
                    Menu to create a script/program.

                     Script: Script is a collection of number of stacked blocks. It is  also called a

                    program. It gives instructions in the form of blocks.

                     Go Button: This is the green flag used to run a Scratch program.

                     Stop Button: This is the red button used to stop the project from running.




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