Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 291 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) decides in a hurry
2. 2.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Why bother?”
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
6. 6.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) backs the louder one (c) hears both sides (d) hears only a friend
8. 8.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to look clever
10. 10.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) never asks why (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
12. 12.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) asks good questions
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) asks good questions (d) decides in a hurry
22. 22.📣 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) check with the school (d) plan a holiday
23. 23.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) asks good questions
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) compares the options (c) thinks before deciding (d) ignores the facts
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) copies what all do
28. 28.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) changes mind with proof (c) trusts any website (d) never asks why
31. 31.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
37. 37.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
40. 40.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True

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