Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 566 · 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) thinks before deciding (b) listens to both sides (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
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) check with the school (d) tell everyone
5. 5.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) never asks why (d) asks “How do you know?”
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
10. 10.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) hears only one side (c) changes mind with proof (d) believes every rumour
12. 12.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
14. 14.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) spots missing facts (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
18. 18.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) looks for reasons (c) spots missing facts (d) ignores the facts
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to stop asking (d) to win every fight
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
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 not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) asks “How do you know?”
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
30. 30.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
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: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) never asks why

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