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: spotting spam emails by their patterns? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 2.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “follows fixed rules”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 3.🤖 What does AI stand for? (a) artificial intelligence (b) app installer (c) automatic internet (d) actual information
- 4.True or false: spotting spam emails by their patterns needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) people (b) the Moon (c) nobody at all (d) the weather
- 6.🛠️ Which does this job need: finding 10% of a price? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 7.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) handles unseen examples (b) gives a likely answer (c) does exactly as coded (d) learns from examples
- 8.🤖 What makes an AI system different from a normal program? (a) it is always right (b) it has a screen (c) it learns from examples (d) it uses electricity
- 9.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) yes, just like us (b) no, it finds patterns (c) only on weekends (d) yes, it gets sad
- 10.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “makes a best guess”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 11.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) learns from examples (b) does exactly as coded (c) follows fixed rules (d) never learns from data
- 12.🛠️ Which does this job need: reading messy handwriting? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 13.True or false: recognising a friend’s face in photos needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) gives a likely answer (c) spots patterns in data (d) follows fixed rules
- 15.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) one set rule per case (c) spots patterns in data (d) gives a likely answer
- 16.True or false: “uses rules people wrote” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 17.True or false: turning spoken words into typed text needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “one set rule per case”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 19.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “never learns from data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 20.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) uses rules people wrote (b) handles unseen examples (c) makes a best guess (d) learns from examples
- 21.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) yes, it can think (b) no, it follows rules (c) yes, it is smart (d) only at night
- 22.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) makes a best guess (c) never learns from data (d) gives a likely answer
- 23.🛠️ Which does this job need: turning spoken words into typed text? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 24.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “gives a likely answer”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 25.True or false: adding up the marks on a report card needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: ringing the school bell at 9 am only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🛠️ Which does this job need: counting the words in an essay? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 28.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: telling a cat photo from a dog photo only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 30.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) gives a likely answer (b) does exactly as coded (c) same steps every time (d) one set rule per case
- 31.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 33.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: “gives a likely answer” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) does exactly as coded (b) spots patterns in data (c) same steps every time (d) uses rules people wrote
- 36.True or false: spotting spam emails by their patterns only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “learns from examples”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 38.True or false: sorting names in A to Z order only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: telling a cat photo from a dog photo needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 40.🛠️ Which does this job need: telling a cat photo from a dog photo? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
Answer key
- needs AI (learning)
- a normal program
- artificial intelligence
- True
- people
- a simple rule is enough
- does exactly as coded
- it learns from examples
- no, it finds patterns
- AI
- learns from examples
- needs AI (learning)
- True
- follows fixed rules
- one set rule per case
- True
- True
- a normal program
- a normal program
- uses rules people wrote
- no, it follows rules
- never learns from data
- needs AI (learning)
- AI
- False
- True
- a simple rule is enough
- False
- False
- gives a likely answer
- True
- AI
- False
- False
- spots patterns in data
- False
- AI
- True
- True
- needs AI (learning)
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