Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 775 · 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) listens to both sides (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) ignores the facts
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks good questions (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) never asks why (d) shares without checking
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
8. 8.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) copies a friend
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) asks “How do you know?”
21. 21.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) walks away (c) backs the louder one (d) hears only a friend
22. 22.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.📣 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) tell everyone (d) plan a holiday
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) changes mind with proof (c) asks good questions (d) listens to both sides
27. 27.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to make better choices (b) to win every fight (c) to stop asking (d) to look clever
32. 32.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) asks good questions (c) believes every rumour (d) listens to both sides
34. 34.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
36. 36.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) changes mind with proof (d) never asks why
37. 37.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) changes mind with proof (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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