Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 80 · 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) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) listens to both sides
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) changes mind with proof (c) compares the options (d) listens to both sides
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) checks the facts first (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
7. 7.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
9. 9.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
12. 12.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) listens to both sides (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
14. 14.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) never asks why
16. 16.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) decides in a hurry (d) hears only one side
18. 18.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) looks for reasons (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
21. 21.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears only a friend (c) hears both sides (d) walks away
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) tell everyone (c) check with the school (d) plan a holiday
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) changes mind with proof (c) hears only one side (d) spots missing facts
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) hears only one side (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) never asks why (d) changes mind with proof
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
37. 37.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
38. 38.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) spots missing facts (c) never asks why (d) changes mind with proof
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions

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