Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 300 · 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 of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.⚖️ 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
5. 5.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
7. 7.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) believes every rumour
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
9. 9.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) trusts any website
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks good questions
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) shares without checking
15. 15.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.📣 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
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) hears only one side
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) copies what all do (d) ignores the facts
24. 24.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) looks for reasons (d) trusts any website
26. 26.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) checks the facts first (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) believes every rumour
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) hears only one side (d) compares the options
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) never asks why (c) copies what all do (d) listens to both sides
30. 30.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) listens to both sides (d) shares without checking
31. 31.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
33. 33.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) clear, fair thinking (c) thinking very fast (d) criticising people
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) changes mind with proof (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
36. 36.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking

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