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