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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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