Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 487 · 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.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) picks the first idea
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
3. 3.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) never asks why
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) changes mind with proof (c) copies what all do (d) hears only one side
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) spots missing facts (d) ignores the facts
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) believing all you hear (d) thinking very fast
12. 12.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) walks away (d) backs the louder one
14. 14.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) plan a holiday (c) check with the school (d) tell everyone
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
16. 16.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks good questions (c) hears only one side (d) checks the facts first
19. 19.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to look clever (c) to win every fight (d) to make better choices
20. 20.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) changes mind with proof (d) never asks why
22. 22.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) copies what all do
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.🔁 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
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) never asks why (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
34. 34.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks good questions
40. 40.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False

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