Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 986 · 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) ignores the facts (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) changes mind with proof
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) ignores the facts (c) never asks why (d) listens to both sides
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) looks for reasons (c) ignores the facts (d) decides in a hurry
5. 5.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to stop asking (d) to win every fight
7. 7.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) believes every rumour
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) changes their mind (c) gets angry (d) argues anyway
10. 10.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) never asks why (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) never asks why
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “What makes it best?”
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) compares the options (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
15. 15.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) tell everyone (c) check with the school (d) plan a holiday
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) thinks before deciding (d) never asks why
22. 22.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears only a friend (c) hears both sides (d) walks away
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) compares the options
32. 32.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do
35. 35.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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