Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 630 · 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 changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) believe it at once (c) check with the school (d) plan a holiday
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) compares the options (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) looks for reasons
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) trusts any website
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
12. 12.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) trusts any website (c) asks good questions (d) shares without checking
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Is it blue?”
16. 16.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) ignores the facts (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
17. 17.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) decides in a hurry
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) hears only one side (b) checks the facts first (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
23. 23.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) ignores the facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) ignores the facts (c) trusts any website (d) copies what all do
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
32. 32.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) clear, fair thinking (c) thinking very fast (d) criticising people
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) never asks why (d) spots missing facts
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) spots missing facts (c) trusts any website (d) looks for reasons
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) shares without checking (d) checks the facts first
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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