S6 - Critical thinking

Who should provide evidence for an argument?

• The person being told

• The person telling it

What does it mean to control something in science?

• To have a known outcome of an experiment

• To keep other things from influencing an experiment

• To stop other people getting in your way

• To force others to do what is scientific

True or False: critical thinking can be learned once like a fact

• True

• False

Which of the following is subjective?

• The sky is blue outside

• The water is too hot for swimming

• Most people will die before age 100

• 1 kilogram is equal to 1000 grams

Anecdotal evidence is based on:

• Scientific facts

• Personal experience

• Controlled experiments

• Objective information

What is the reason that fake news is common now?

• Social media

• Newspapers

• People are less smart than in the past

• People talk to each other less than in the past

True or False: Scientists should never change their mind

• True

• False

What form of evidence is best for science?

• Anecdotal

• Objective

• Subjective

• False

When did people start to consider the subject of critical thinking?

• In ancient times

• People have not thought about it yet

• Very recently

• When social media was invented

Critical thinkers should make decisions using

• A systematic process

• By intuition

• By instinct

• Randomly