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.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “handles unseen examples”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 2.🧮 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
- 3.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “improves with more data”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 4.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a friend’s face in photos? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 5.🛠️ Which does this job need: suggesting the next word as you type? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 6.True or false: “learns from examples” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🛠️ Which does this job need: switching on a street light at 6 pm? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 8.True or false: recognising a friend’s face in photos needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 9.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “learns from examples”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 10.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) spots patterns in data (b) follows fixed rules (c) makes a best guess (d) improves with more data
- 11.🤖 What makes an AI system different from a normal program? (a) it has a screen (b) it is always right (c) it uses electricity (d) it learns from examples
- 12.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “gives a likely answer”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 13.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 14.True or false: “one set rule per case” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
- 15.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) same steps every time (b) handles unseen examples (c) learns from examples (d) gives a likely answer
- 16.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “makes a best guess”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 17.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) does exactly as coded (b) one set rule per case (c) same steps every time (d) learns from examples
- 18.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 19.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) only on weekends (b) yes, just like us (c) no, it finds patterns (d) yes, it gets sad
- 20.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 21.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 23.🛠️ Which does this job need: counting the words in an essay? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 24.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “follows fixed rules”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 25.True or false: “handles unseen examples” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 26.True or false: “gives a likely answer” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) nobody at all (b) people (c) the Moon (d) the weather
- 29.True or false: spotting spam emails by their patterns needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) does exactly as coded (b) handles unseen examples (c) makes a best guess (d) spots patterns in data
- 31.🛠️ Which does this job need: converting metres into centimetres? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 32.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “one set rule per case”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 33.True or false: suggesting the next word as you type only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: switching on a street light at 6 pm needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: finding 10% of a price only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 36.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) one set rule per case (c) makes a best guess (d) gives a likely answer
- 37.True or false: reading messy handwriting only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: turning spoken words into typed text only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “uses rules people wrote”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 40.True or false: “same steps every time” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
Answer key
- AI
- no, it follows rules
- AI
- needs AI (learning)
- needs AI (learning)
- False
- a simple rule is enough
- True
- AI
- follows fixed rules
- it learns from examples
- AI
- AI
- False
- same steps every time
- AI
- learns from examples
- True
- no, it finds patterns
- True
- False
- False
- a simple rule is enough
- a normal program
- True
- True
- False
- people
- True
- does exactly as coded
- a simple rule is enough
- a normal program
- False
- False
- True
- one set rule per case
- False
- False
- a normal program
- True
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