What is intelligence?

How can we tell if something is intelligent?

This is a big question. Let's explore some questions about animal intelligence to get you thinking.

Turn over the cards in the memory game to match a question to a picture of an animal showing that type of intelligent behaviour.

Example


Question Matching picture Reason
"Can they solve puzzles?"

 Photo of an octopus

Octopuses have eight arms and each arm also has a mini-brain! They can solve mazes to find food rewards.

What else might make something intelligent?