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)?
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🤖 What does AI stand for? (a) actual information (b) artificial intelligence (c) automatic internet (d) app installer
- 3.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “follows fixed rules”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 4.True or false: finding 10% of a price needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 5.🛠️ Which does this job need: spotting spam emails by their patterns? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 6.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 7.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) follows fixed rules (b) makes a best guess (c) spots patterns in data (d) handles unseen examples
- 8.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) improves with more data (c) never learns from data (d) handles unseen examples
- 9.🛠️ Which does this job need: reading messy handwriting? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 10.🛠️ Which does this job need: converting metres into centimetres? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 11.True or false: “handles unseen examples” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 12.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) same steps every time (b) gives a likely answer (c) one set rule per case (d) never learns from data
- 13.True or false: adding up the marks on a report card needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) one set rule per case (b) follows fixed rules (c) same steps every time (d) spots patterns in data
- 15.True or false: telling a cat photo from a dog photo needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “same steps every time” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 17.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) one set rule per case (b) same steps every time (c) makes a best guess (d) does exactly as coded
- 18.True or false: “one set rule per case” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: “never learns from data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) never learns from data (b) does exactly as coded (c) learns from examples (d) same steps every time
- 21.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a bird from its song? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 22.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) improves with more data (b) one set rule per case (c) handles unseen examples (d) makes a best guess
- 23.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: “improves with more data” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: converting metres into centimetres needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “handles unseen examples” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) only at night (b) no, it follows rules (c) yes, it can think (d) yes, it is smart
- 28.🤖 What makes an AI system different from a normal program? (a) it has a screen (b) it uses electricity (c) it is always right (d) it learns from examples
- 29.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 30.True or false: counting the words in an essay only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: “learns from examples” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “makes a best guess”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 33.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a friend’s face in photos? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 34.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “never learns from data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 35.True or false: switching on a street light at 6 pm only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 36.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) makes a best guess (b) does exactly as coded (c) handles unseen examples (d) gives a likely answer
- 37.True or false: ringing the school bell at 9 am needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 38.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “does exactly as coded”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 39.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “one set rule per case”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 40.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) same steps every time (b) spots patterns in data (c) gives a likely answer (d) handles unseen examples
Answer key
- True
- artificial intelligence
- a normal program
- False
- needs AI (learning)
- False
- follows fixed rules
- never learns from data
- needs AI (learning)
- a simple rule is enough
- True
- gives a likely answer
- False
- spots patterns in data
- True
- False
- makes a best guess
- False
- False
- learns from examples
- needs AI (learning)
- one set rule per case
- True
- False
- False
- False
- no, it follows rules
- it learns from examples
- AI
- True
- False
- AI
- needs AI (learning)
- a normal program
- True
- does exactly as coded
- False
- a normal program
- a normal program
- same steps every time
Free ai for students lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/ai-for-students