Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 181 · 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.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
2. 2.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) believe it at once (c) tell everyone (d) check with the school
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
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: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks good questions (c) spots missing facts (d) ignores the facts
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) checks the facts first (c) hears only one side (d) copies what all do
12. 12.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “Where do I pay?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “What makes it best?”
13. 13.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) compares the options (c) copies what all do (d) shares without checking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) checks the facts first
23. 23.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) thinking very fast (c) believing all you hear (d) criticising people
25. 25.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) hears only one side (c) trusts any website (d) decides in a hurry
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) looks for reasons
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) changes mind with proof
33. 33.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) looks for reasons (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
36. 36.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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