Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 894 · 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.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
2. 2.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) tell everyone (c) check with the school (d) believe it at once
3. 3.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) believing all you hear (c) thinking very fast (d) criticising people
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
6. 6.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) gets angry (c) argues anyway (d) changes their mind
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) looks for reasons
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) copies what all do
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) changes mind with proof (c) looks for reasons (d) shares without checking
11. 11.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) changes mind with proof (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
14. 14.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) believes every rumour
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) compares the options (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
19. 19.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Who cares?”
20. 20.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
22. 22.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) listens to both sides
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) changes mind with proof (d) never asks why
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
28. 28.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) trusts any website (d) looks for reasons
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) asks good questions (c) shares without checking (d) copies what all do
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) checks the facts first (c) changes mind with proof (d) believes every rumour
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) listens to both sides (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
40. 40.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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