Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 828 · 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 of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) changes mind with proof
2. 2.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Is it blue?”
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) checks the facts first (c) looks for reasons (d) believes every rumour
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) ignores the facts (d) believes every rumour
6. 6.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) compares the options (c) listens to both sides (d) never asks why
10. 10.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
16. 16.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) believe it at once (c) plan a holiday (d) check with the school
17. 17.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
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 what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) copies what all do
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) asks good questions (d) changes mind with proof
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) criticising people (c) believing all you hear (d) clear, fair thinking
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) hears only one side
31. 31.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) asks good questions (d) hears only one side
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) checks the facts first (c) ignores the facts (d) hears only one side
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) hears only one side
40. 40.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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