Programming Terms

2. _____ variables are variables defined outside of functions in top level code; however, they should be used sparingly.
4. Groups have one property that other shapes don’t, _____. This property stores all of the shapes that are in the group using a list.
7. an abstraction inside a program that can hold a value. Each variable has associated data storage that represents one value at a time, but that value can be a list or other collection that in turn contains multiple values.
9. input variables of a procedure.
11. consists of a value, a variable, an operator, or a procedure call that returns a value.
12. Generates and returns a random integer, each result is equally likely to occur.
13. associated with an action and supplies input data to a program.
15. specify the values of the parameters when a procedure is called.

1. The function _____ is called with two parameters -- the x and y location where the mouse was just pressed. Using the x and y input, the canvas's output can change.
3. a sequence of instructions that is continually repeated until a certain condition is reached
5. part of program code that expresses an action to be carried out.
6. a common method for referencing the elements in a list or string using natural numbers.
8. an individual value in a list that is assigned a unique index.
10. a fundamental programming element that allows a computer to make decisions depending on specific criteria
14. a named group of programming instructions that may have parameters and return values.