Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 246 · 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.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) walks away (c) hears both sides (d) backs the louder one
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) thinks before deciding (d) believes every rumour
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) asks good questions (d) believes every rumour
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
7. 7.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
10. 10.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to win every fight (d) to stop asking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) changes mind with proof
12. 12.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) asks “How do you know?”
13. 13.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
15. 15.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) gets angry (c) changes their mind (d) hides the fact
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) changes mind with proof (b) copies what all do (c) trusts any website (d) hears only one side
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) copies what all do
23. 23.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) hears only one side (c) believes every rumour (d) looks for reasons
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) ignores the facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) listens to both sides
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) decides in a hurry
31. 31.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) compares the options (d) never asks why
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) thinks before deciding (c) ignores the facts (d) shares without checking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “How do you know?”
40. 40.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) believe it at once (c) plan a holiday (d) check with the school

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