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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 three control buttons: Minimize,
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 2.
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 extensions from where we can add extra
blocks to the code area.
Go Button: It is a 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 different
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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