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AI for Kids Worksheet: What Is AI

AI for students lesson 1: What is AI? · Set 565 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: finding 10% of a price needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) one set rule per case (b) does exactly as coded (c) handles unseen examples (d) same steps every time
  3. 3.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) yes, it can think (b) yes, it is smart (c) only at night (d) no, it follows rules
  4. 4.🛠️ Which does this job need: ringing the school bell at 9 am? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
  5. 5.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) makes a best guess (b) spots patterns in data (c) follows fixed rules (d) handles unseen examples
  6. 6.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “uses rules people wrote”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
  7. 7.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) improves with more data (b) learns from examples (c) never learns from data (d) spots patterns in data
  8. 8.🛠️ Which does this job need: sorting names in A to Z order? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
  9. 9.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “learns from examples” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: switching on a street light at 6 pm only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “uses rules people wrote” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🛠️ Which does this job need: finding 10% of a price? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
  14. 14.True or false: “never learns from data” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: reading messy handwriting needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🤖 What makes an AI system different from a normal program? (a) it learns from examples (b) it is always right (c) it has a screen (d) it uses electricity
  17. 17.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) gives a likely answer (b) improves with more data (c) does exactly as coded (d) learns from examples
  18. 18.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “never learns from data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
  19. 19.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) the weather (b) nobody at all (c) people (d) the Moon
  20. 20.True or false: “does exactly as coded” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) makes a best guess (b) same steps every time (c) one set rule per case (d) follows fixed rules
  22. 22.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) makes a best guess (b) handles unseen examples (c) improves with more data (d) uses rules people wrote
  23. 23.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a bird from its song? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
  24. 24.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “one set rule per case”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
  25. 25.🛠️ Which does this job need: telling a cat photo from a dog photo? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
  26. 26.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “same steps every time”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
  27. 27.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) never learns from data (b) uses rules people wrote (c) same steps every time (d) learns from examples
  28. 28.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
  29. 29.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) one set rule per case (b) learns from examples (c) spots patterns in data (d) gives a likely answer
  30. 30.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “makes a best guess”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
  31. 31.True or false: sorting names in A to Z order needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: counting the words in an essay only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) yes, it gets sad (b) yes, just like us (c) no, it finds patterns (d) only on weekends
  34. 34.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) follows fixed rules (b) same steps every time (c) spots patterns in data (d) does exactly as coded
  35. 35.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) does exactly as coded (b) uses rules people wrote (c) follows fixed rules (d) gives a likely answer
  37. 37.True or false: recognising a friend’s face in photos only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “makes a best guess” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: “handles unseen examples” describes how AI works. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) one set rule per case (b) never learns from data (c) does exactly as coded (d) improves with more data

Answer key

  1. False
  2. handles unseen examples
  3. no, it follows rules
  4. a simple rule is enough
  5. follows fixed rules
  6. a normal program
  7. never learns from data
  8. a simple rule is enough
  9. False
  10. False
  11. True
  12. True
  13. a simple rule is enough
  14. False
  15. True
  16. it learns from examples
  17. does exactly as coded
  18. a normal program
  19. people
  20. True
  21. makes a best guess
  22. uses rules people wrote
  23. needs AI (learning)
  24. a normal program
  25. needs AI (learning)
  26. a normal program
  27. learns from examples
  28. AI
  29. one set rule per case
  30. AI
  31. False
  32. True
  33. no, it finds patterns
  34. spots patterns in data
  35. False
  36. gives a likely answer
  37. False
  38. False
  39. True
  40. improves with more data

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