Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 583 · 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) asks “How do you know?” (b) changes mind with proof (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) never asks why
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) thinks before deciding (d) decides in a hurry
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) checks the facts first
6. 6.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
7. 7.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) copies what all do (c) hears only one side (d) believes every rumour
8. 8.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) changes their mind (c) argues anyway (d) hides the fact
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) compares the options (c) trusts any website (d) believes every rumour
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) ignores the facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) compares the options
14. 14.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) changes mind with proof (d) trusts any website
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) shares without checking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
27. 27.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) walks away (c) hears only a friend (d) backs the louder one
29. 29.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) believing all you hear (c) thinking very fast (d) clear, fair thinking
31. 31.📣 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) tell everyone (d) check with the school
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) looks for reasons (c) ignores the facts (d) copies what all do
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) picks the first idea
38. 38.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
39. 39.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) changes mind with proof (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) hears only one side

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