Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 445 · 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: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks good questions (c) trusts any website (d) hears only one side
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
4. 4.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) ignores the facts
6. 6.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) believing all you hear (c) criticising people (d) clear, fair thinking
7. 7.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to make better choices (c) to look clever (d) to stop asking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) thinks before deciding
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) changes mind with proof (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
10. 10.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) picks the first idea (c) copies a friend (d) stops and thinks
20. 20.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) thinks before deciding (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) changes mind with proof
25. 25.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.⚖️ 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
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) spots missing facts
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) looks for reasons
32. 32.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
36. 36.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) thinks before deciding (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
40. 40.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) believe it at once (d) tell everyone

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