Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 743 · 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) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) compares the options (d) decides in a hurry
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) changes mind with proof (c) compares the options (d) asks “How do you know?”
4. 4.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) hears only a friend (c) backs the louder one (d) hears both sides
8. 8.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) spots missing facts (c) compares the options (d) looks for reasons
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) tell everyone
15. 15.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) spots missing facts (d) trusts any website
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
22. 22.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) clear, fair thinking
24. 24.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) copies what all do
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) spots missing facts (c) compares the options (d) decides in a hurry
36. 36.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) changes mind with proof (d) hears only one side
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
38. 38.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) copies what all do

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