Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 420 · 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: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) spots missing facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks good questions
4. 4.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) listens to both sides (d) asks good questions
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) never asks why (d) thinks before deciding
8. 8.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to win every fight
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears only a friend (c) hears both sides (d) walks away
14. 14.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
16. 16.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) checks the facts first (c) copies what all do (d) ignores the facts
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) trusts any website
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) believe it at once (c) tell everyone (d) check with the school
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) looks for reasons
29. 29.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) never asks why
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) argues anyway (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
37. 37.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) hears only one side (d) changes mind with proof

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