Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 425 · 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) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) looks for reasons
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) asks good questions (c) ignores the facts (d) hears only one side
3. 3.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks good questions
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) decides in a hurry (c) thinks before deciding (d) ignores the facts
7. 7.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to make better choices (c) to win every fight (d) to look clever
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) never asks why (d) listens to both sides
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) checks the facts first (d) hears only one side
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks good questions (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) listens to both sides
12. 12.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) gets angry (c) changes their mind (d) argues anyway
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) changes mind with proof (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
14. 14.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) trusts any website
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) spots missing facts (d) changes mind with proof
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) never asks why (c) changes mind with proof (d) copies what all do
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) never asks why (d) changes mind with proof
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) listens to both sides (c) hears only one side (d) compares the options
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) copies what all do (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) looks for reasons
23. 23.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) listens to both sides
25. 25.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.📣 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
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) checks the facts first (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) copies what all do (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts

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