Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 715 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) hears only one side (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) compares the options (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) ignores the facts
3. 3.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices
5. 5.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
6. 6.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears only a friend (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
7. 7.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
16. 16.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.📣 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
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) decides in a hurry (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) compares the options (d) believes every rumour
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) clear, fair thinking (d) thinking very fast
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) looks for reasons (c) trusts any website (d) checks the facts first
23. 23.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) trusts any website
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) spots missing facts (d) hears only one side
33. 33.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) never asks why (c) spots missing facts (d) compares the options
34. 34.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks good questions (c) shares without checking (d) looks for reasons
38. 38.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) picks the first idea (d) flips a coin

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