Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 168 · 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.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) listens to both sides (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) changes mind with proof (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
6. 6.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) spots missing facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) shares without checking
9. 9.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) compares the options (d) trusts any website
12. 12.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) checks the facts first (c) copies what all do (d) believes every rumour
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) ignores the facts
15. 15.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) hears only one side
17. 17.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) compares the options (c) asks good questions (d) thinks before deciding
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) believe it at once (d) tell everyone
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) hears only one side (c) decides in a hurry (d) shares without checking
25. 25.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) listens to both sides (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
28. 28.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) stops and thinks (c) copies a friend (d) flips a coin
29. 29.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) changes mind with proof
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) copies what all do
32. 32.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) gets angry (c) argues anyway (d) hides the fact
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) thinks before deciding
36. 36.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to win every fight (c) to make better choices (d) to look clever
38. 38.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) backs the louder one (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”

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