Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 731 · 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) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) trusts any website (d) compares the options
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.⚖️ 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
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) shares without checking (c) spots missing facts (d) decides in a hurry
5. 5.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
10. 10.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) believe it at once (c) plan a holiday (d) tell everyone
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) listens to both sides (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
20. 20.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) hears only one side (d) checks the facts first
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) checks the facts first (c) copies what all do (d) thinks before deciding
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) hears only one side (d) asks “How do you know?”
30. 30.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) changes mind with proof
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) never asks why (c) compares the options (d) looks for reasons
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) looks for reasons
38. 38.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof

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