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The Scratch window Green Flag Stop button

appears. The various
components of Tabs
Scratch window are Block menu
as follows.
Sprite
Scripts area

Stage
Blocks palette

Let us understand some important components of Scatch window.

Sprite

Scratch projects are made up of objects. The most basic object in Scratch is the Sprite. It is
a small graphic character that performs actions in Scratch projects. There are many in-built
Sprites in Scratch. Cat is the default Sprite in Scratch.

Stage
It is the main work area where all of the action takes place by the Sprite as per the given

instructions. It displays your creation. You can see your stories, games, and animations
created by you.

Tab
It consists of three tabs: Scripts , Costumes and Sounds .

• Scripts tab: Script is a set of stepwise instructions given to the Sprite to do a specific task.
Script is also called a program . Each instruction is also called a command . It consists of the
block menu and allows you to write a script.
• Costumes: It allows you to draw, import or edit images for a Sprite.
• Sounds: It allows you to record or import sound files for a Sprite to use.

Blocks Menu
The block menu area lists the ten categories of blocks– Motion , Looks , Sound , Pen , Data ,
,
,
Events Control Sensing Operators and More Blocks. Related instructions are grouped
,
together in a Block. For example, all the movement related instructions are listed when we
select the Motion Block. The block categories are all colour coded so when you see a block
of a specific colour, you can quickly determine which category it came from.

Blocks Palette
You can find the various types of instructions in the Blocks Palette used to program the
sprite and give instructions to it. It is used to create a scripts in Scratch.

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