AI for Kids Worksheet: What Is AI
AI tip (Learns or follows?): AI learns patterns from examples, makes a best guess and can handle examples it has never seen — but its guess can be wrong. A normal program follows fixed rules people wrote and does exactly as coded; it never learns from data. Ask: does this job need learning from many examples (recognising a face), or does one exact rule always work (adding marks)?
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- 1.🛠️ Which does this job need: sorting names in A to Z order? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 2.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) no, it follows rules (b) only at night (c) yes, it is smart (d) yes, it can think
- 3.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) people (b) nobody at all (c) the weather (d) the Moon
- 4.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) yes, it gets sad (b) only on weekends (c) no, it finds patterns (d) yes, just like us
- 5.True or false: “improves with more data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) same steps every time (b) improves with more data (c) never learns from data (d) uses rules people wrote
- 7.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “follows fixed rules”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 8.🛠️ Which does this job need: telling a cat photo from a dog photo? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 9.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🤖 What does AI stand for? (a) automatic internet (b) actual information (c) app installer (d) artificial intelligence
- 11.🛠️ Which does this job need: showing the time on a clock? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 12.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) spots patterns in data (b) makes a best guess (c) improves with more data (d) does exactly as coded
- 13.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) never learns from data (b) learns from examples (c) makes a best guess (d) gives a likely answer
- 14.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “makes a best guess”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 15.True or false: turning spoken words into typed text only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “learns from examples” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a bird from its song? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 18.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “improves with more data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 19.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) uses rules people wrote (b) spots patterns in data (c) follows fixed rules (d) does exactly as coded
- 20.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “does exactly as coded”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 21.True or false: “same steps every time” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 22.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🛠️ Which does this job need: ringing the school bell at 9 am? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 24.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) improves with more data (b) same steps every time (c) learns from examples (d) makes a best guess
- 25.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “never learns from data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 26.True or false: converting metres into centimetres needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “handles unseen examples”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 28.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “learns from examples”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 29.True or false: “does exactly as coded” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) follows fixed rules (b) same steps every time (c) gives a likely answer (d) never learns from data
- 31.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) follows fixed rules (b) makes a best guess (c) same steps every time (d) uses rules people wrote
- 32.🛠️ Which does this job need: suggesting the next word as you type? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 33.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) follows fixed rules (b) handles unseen examples (c) makes a best guess (d) improves with more data
- 34.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: switching on a street light at 6 pm only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: finding 10% of a price only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: sorting names in A to Z order only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 38.True or false: recognising a bird from its song needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: “never learns from data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “same steps every time”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
Answer key
- a simple rule is enough
- no, it follows rules
- people
- no, it finds patterns
- True
- improves with more data
- a normal program
- needs AI (learning)
- True
- artificial intelligence
- a simple rule is enough
- does exactly as coded
- never learns from data
- AI
- False
- True
- needs AI (learning)
- AI
- spots patterns in data
- a normal program
- True
- True
- a simple rule is enough
- same steps every time
- a normal program
- False
- AI
- AI
- False
- gives a likely answer
- makes a best guess
- needs AI (learning)
- follows fixed rules
- False
- True
- True
- True
- True
- False
- a normal program
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