Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 491 · 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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) clear, fair thinking (d) thinking very fast
3. 3.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.📣 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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
6. 6.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to win every fight
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
9. 9.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) trusts any website (d) never asks why
12. 12.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) ignores the facts (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) decides in a hurry
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) thinks before deciding (c) ignores the facts (d) never asks why
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
17. 17.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
21. 21.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) believes every rumour
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
30. 30.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
31. 31.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
34. 34.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) asks good questions (d) changes mind with proof
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
37. 37.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) listens to both sides
39. 39.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) believes every rumour (d) changes mind with proof

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