Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 678 · 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 of these is not critical thinking? (a) ignores the facts (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks “How do you know?”
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) copies what all do
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) ignores the facts
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
13. 13.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) changes mind with proof (c) spots missing facts (d) hears only one side
15. 15.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful 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 is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) looks for reasons (c) never asks why (d) thinks before deciding
18. 18.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📣 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
20. 20.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) decides in a hurry
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) thinks before deciding (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
23. 23.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) picks the first idea (c) copies a friend (d) flips a coin
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) compares the options (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) believes every rumour
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) spots missing facts (c) asks good questions (d) looks for reasons
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) checks the facts first (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
31. 31.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) spots missing facts
36. 36.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True

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