Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 173 · 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.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) walks away (d) backs the louder one
2. 2.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “Who cares?”
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
4. 4.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) shares without checking (c) decides in a hurry (d) never asks why
6. 6.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
8. 8.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) spots missing facts (c) ignores the facts (d) thinks before deciding
11. 11.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
12. 12.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) tell everyone (c) believe it at once (d) plan a holiday
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
19. 19.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) checks the facts first (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
23. 23.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) believes every rumour
27. 27.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔁 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
29. 29.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) decides in a hurry
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) ignores the facts (d) asks good questions
33. 33.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) ignores the facts (d) decides in a hurry
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do
38. 38.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking

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