Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 597 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) thinks before deciding (c) ignores the facts (d) believes every rumour
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
5. 5.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) looks for reasons
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) thinks before deciding (c) hears only one side (d) looks for reasons
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) trusts any website (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
10. 10.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Is it blue?”
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks good questions
12. 12.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) listens to both sides
13. 13.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) check with the school (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) decides in a hurry (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
16. 16.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) checks the facts first
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) hears only one side (d) asks “How do you know?”
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “Who cares?”
26. 26.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) ignores the facts (d) believes every rumour
28. 28.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to make better choices (c) to win every fight (d) to look clever
34. 34.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) looks for reasons (c) changes mind with proof (d) hears only one side
37. 37.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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