Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 169 · 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.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) plan a holiday (c) check with the school (d) tell everyone
2. 2.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) hears only one side (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) never asks why
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) checks the facts first (c) listens to both sides (d) changes mind with proof
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) changes mind with proof (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
13. 13.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to stop asking (d) to win every fight
14. 14.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) asks “How do you know?”
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) hears only one side (c) spots missing facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
17. 17.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) shares without checking (c) asks good questions (d) hears only one side
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) compares the options
23. 23.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) hears only one side
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) changes mind with proof (d) checks the facts first
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) copies what all do (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) checks the facts first (c) thinks before deciding (d) believes every rumour
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
36. 36.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) decides in a hurry (d) looks for reasons

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