Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 587 · 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 hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) looks for reasons
5. 5.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) picks the first idea (d) flips a coin
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) hides the fact (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) spots missing facts (d) trusts any website
10. 10.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) believe it at once (c) plan a holiday (d) tell everyone
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) believes every rumour (c) copies what all do (d) shares without checking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) hears only one side
13. 13.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) backs the louder one (c) hears both sides (d) hears only a friend
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
15. 15.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
20. 20.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
23. 23.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) trusts any website (c) asks good questions (d) compares the options
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
34. 34.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
36. 36.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) trusts any website (d) compares the options
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) believes every rumour
38. 38.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Who cares?”
39. 39.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) trusts any website (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why

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