Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 104 · 40 questions

Thinking tip (How do you know?): A critical thinker asks “How do you know?”, checks the facts first, listens to both sides, looks for reasons and thinks before deciding. Not critical thinking: believing every rumour, deciding in a hurry, hearing only one side, copying what everyone does, sharing without checking. A new fact can change the answer — a good thinker changes their mind with proof.

1. 1.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) never asks why
3. 3.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
4. 4.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
6. 6.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) changes mind with proof (c) trusts any website (d) hears only one side
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) ignores the facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) trusts any website (c) spots missing facts (d) looks for reasons
11. 11.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) hides the fact (c) argues anyway (d) changes their mind
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) ignores the facts
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) thinking very fast (c) criticising people (d) believing all you hear
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) shares without checking (c) never asks why (d) thinks before deciding
20. 20.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) looks for reasons (c) copies what all do (d) shares without checking
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) changes mind with proof (c) thinks before deciding (d) checks the facts first
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) decides in a hurry (d) copies what all do
26. 26.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears both sides (c) hears only a friend (d) walks away
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) hears only one side (c) ignores the facts (d) asks good questions
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) checks the facts first (c) hears only one side (d) believes every rumour
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
37. 37.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) checks the facts first (c) decides in a hurry (d) changes mind with proof
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts

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