Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 308 · 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 what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) hears only one side (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
4. 4.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) shares without checking
6. 6.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) listens to both sides (c) asks good questions (d) thinks before deciding
8. 8.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) picks the first idea
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
11. 11.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) hears only a friend (c) backs the louder one (d) walks away
12. 12.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) looks for reasons (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) ignores the facts
14. 14.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) changes their mind (c) hides the fact (d) argues anyway
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) ignores the facts (c) copies what all do (d) never asks why
19. 19.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) tell everyone (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) compares the options (c) asks good questions (d) changes mind with proof
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
27. 27.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) ignores the facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) copies what all do
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) trusts any website (c) shares without checking (d) thinks before deciding

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