Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 431 · 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) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
3. 3.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
11. 11.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
15. 15.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) clear, fair thinking (d) believing all you hear
16. 16.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) never asks why
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) trusts any website (d) looks for reasons
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) thinks before deciding (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
21. 21.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) never asks why (d) changes mind with proof
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (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) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
27. 27.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
31. 31.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) decides in a hurry (c) never asks why (d) hears only one side
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
34. 34.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Where do I pay?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
35. 35.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
38. 38.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) asks good questions (c) never asks why (d) ignores the facts
40. 40.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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