Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 839 · 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.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) tell everyone (c) believe it at once (d) plan a holiday
2. 2.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) copies what all do
4. 4.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
6. 6.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) listens to both sides (d) never asks why
13. 13.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) asks good questions
15. 15.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) spots missing facts (d) copies what all do
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) believes every rumour (d) listens to both sides
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) ignores the facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) hears only one side
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
21. 21.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) spots missing facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks good questions
23. 23.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) decides in a hurry
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) asks good questions (d) checks the facts first
28. 28.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) shares without checking (d) believes every rumour
32. 32.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) backs the louder one (d) walks away
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) checks the facts first (c) never asks why (d) ignores the facts
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) shares without checking
40. 40.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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