Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 103 · 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) listens to both sides (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) thinks before deciding
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) picks the first idea (d) flips a coin
4. 4.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
9. 9.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) trusts any website (c) thinks before deciding (d) checks the facts first
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) compares the options
15. 15.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Is it blue?”
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) thinks before deciding
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) compares the options (c) checks the facts first (d) asks good questions
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) never asks why (d) trusts any website
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) changes mind with proof (c) hears only one side (d) spots missing facts
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) asks good questions
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) gets angry (c) argues anyway (d) hides the fact
29. 29.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) thinks before deciding
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) ignores the facts
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
36. 36.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to win every fight (d) to stop asking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) checks the facts first
40. 40.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True

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