Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 982 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
5. 5.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) check with the school (c) plan a holiday (d) tell everyone
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) thinks before deciding
7. 7.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
8. 8.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) checks the facts first
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) trusts any website (c) thinks before deciding (d) never asks why
14. 14.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) copies what all do (d) asks good questions
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) compares the options (c) never asks why (d) thinks before deciding
19. 19.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) copies what all do (c) thinks before deciding (d) checks the facts first
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) changes mind with proof
21. 21.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) shares without checking
25. 25.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
29. 29.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) copies what all do (c) spots missing facts (d) trusts any website
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) asks good questions
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) ignores the facts
39. 39.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False

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