Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 836 · 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) spots missing facts (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) thinks before deciding
2. 2.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) ignores the facts (d) trusts any website
4. 4.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) looks for reasons (c) checks the facts first (d) decides in a hurry
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) hears only one side (c) thinks before deciding (d) changes mind with proof
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) believing all you hear (d) clear, fair thinking
15. 15.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) argues anyway (c) changes their mind (d) hides the fact
16. 16.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to make better choices (c) to look clever (d) to stop asking
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) believes every rumour (d) changes mind with proof
18. 18.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) asks good questions (d) never asks why
23. 23.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) hears only one side (d) trusts any website
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) spots missing facts (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) checks the facts first
34. 34.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) backs the louder one (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) compares the options
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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