Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 640 · 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 shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) hears only one side (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) asks good questions
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) compares the options (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) checks the facts first (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) trusts any website
13. 13.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) ignores the facts (c) copies what all do (d) changes mind with proof
19. 19.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
20. 20.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Why bother?”
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks good questions (d) asks “How do you know?”
24. 24.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) spots missing facts (d) believes every rumour
26. 26.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) changes mind with proof (d) believes every rumour
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) checks the facts first (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) believing all you hear (c) clear, fair thinking (d) criticising people
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) thinks before deciding (c) decides in a hurry (d) copies what all do
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
38. 38.⚖️ 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
39. 39.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking

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