Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 298 · 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) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) compares the options (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) spots missing facts (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
9. 9.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) clear, fair thinking (d) believing all you hear
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
12. 12.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) picks the first idea (c) copies a friend (d) stops and thinks
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) thinks before deciding (c) spots missing facts (d) trusts any website
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Is it blue?”
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) compares the options (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) thinks before deciding (d) hears only one side
32. 32.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) believe it at once (c) tell everyone (d) plan a holiday
33. 33.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) hears only one side (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) spots missing facts
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
36. 36.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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