Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 114 · 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? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) thinks before deciding
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) asks good questions
5. 5.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
6. 6.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) thinks before deciding (d) hears only one side
9. 9.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) listens to both sides (c) ignores the facts (d) never asks why
12. 12.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) decides in a hurry (c) listens to both sides (d) hears only one side
15. 15.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) walks away (c) hears both sides (d) backs the louder one
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) looks for reasons (c) ignores the facts (d) trusts any website
26. 26.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) changes their mind (c) argues anyway (d) gets angry
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) copies what all do

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