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Ask a Better Question
Name: ______________________Date: ______________
Read each one. Circle the letter of the best answer. Then tell someone why you picked it.
1. Which question will get you the most helpful answer?
Goal: You want to know what white blood cells do.
- Choice A: Tell me about the immune system.
- Choice B: Why do we get fevers?
- Choice C: Do you know about the immune system?
- Choice D: What do white blood cells do when germs enter the body?
2. Which question will get you the most helpful answer?
Goal: You want to know how to scale a recipe from 4 to 6 servings.
- Choice A: Tell me about ratios.
- Choice B: What is a ratio?
- Choice C: Do you know about ratios?
- Choice D: How do I scale a recipe that serves 4 so it serves 6?
3. Which question checks it best?
Goal: You read online that a new phone battery lasts for a whole year.
- Choice A: Give me more reasons why it's true that a new phone battery lasts for a whole year.
- Choice B: Is this cool?
- Choice C: Where did this claim come from, and do other reliable sources report the same thing?
- Choice D: Who made the website look so nice?
4. Which question will get you the most helpful answer?
Goal: You want to know why earthquakes happen at plate boundaries.
- Choice A: Tell me about earthquakes.
- Choice B: What was the biggest earthquake ever?
- Choice C: Why do most earthquakes happen near tectonic plate boundaries?
- Choice D: Do you know about earthquakes?
5. Which request helps you actually learn?
Goal: You're stuck on math homework.
- Choice A: Just give me all the answers.
- Choice B: Write it for me so my teacher thinks I did it.
- Choice C: Can you show me how to find the area of a triangle with a different example, then check my try?
- Choice D: What is math homework?
6. Which question will get you the most helpful answer?
Goal: You want to know why my loop never stops.
- Choice A: Tell me about coding.
- Choice B: My while loop never stops. What usually causes a loop like that to run forever?
- Choice C: What is the best coding language?
- Choice D: Do you know about coding?
7. Which request helps you actually learn?
Goal: You're stuck on science homework.
- Choice A: Just give me all the answers.
- Choice B: Can you show me how to tell a physical change from a chemical change with a different example, then check my try?
- Choice C: Write it for me so my teacher thinks I did it.
- Choice D: What is science homework?
8. Which detail is fine to share?
Goal: You want an AI helper's help making a weekly chore chart.
- Choice A: My password for my game account
- Choice B: We have 4 chores and 2 kids.
- Choice C: My home address and phone number
- Choice D: A photo of me in my school uniform with my school's name
Kidorizon practice sheets build thinking skills. They are not a test or assessment. More free activities at kidorizon.com/play