Apps, Updates and Parents: teacher key

How Apps Work, grade 4 edition, written for 4th grade. An app is a software program people get from an app store. Apps need updates, and a child asks a grown-up before getting one.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Who makes apps?
   • Clouds
   • Developers (answer)
   • Zebras
2. Why are many software updates made?
   • To fix security risks (answer)
   • To add more screens
   • To make phones heavier
3. What is malware?
   • A free game
   • A kind of update
   • Software made on purpose to cause harm (answer)
4. What do in-app purchases let a person do?
   • Pay for extra things inside an app (answer)
   • Fix a phone screen
   • Make a call for free
5. A child wants a new app. What can a parent set up on the phone?
   • A request to ask a grown-up first (answer)
   • A rule that bans every app
   • A bigger screen

Words

• malware: harmful software
• developers: app makers
• rating: age label