Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 802 · 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.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) never asks why (d) asks good questions
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
5. 5.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) shares without checking (c) spots missing facts (d) asks good questions
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) compares the options (c) believes every rumour (d) never asks why
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) compares the options (c) decides in a hurry (d) looks for reasons
10. 10.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Why bother?”
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) spots missing facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) spots missing facts (d) compares the options
23. 23.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) believes every rumour
25. 25.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) compares the options
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) never asks why
28. 28.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
30. 30.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) plan a holiday (c) check with the school (d) tell everyone
31. 31.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) thinks before deciding (c) believes every rumour (d) spots missing facts
36. 36.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) hears only a friend (c) walks away (d) backs the louder one
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
40. 40.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False

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