Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 124 · 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? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
6. 6.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) never asks why (c) compares the options (d) checks the facts first
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) believe it at once (c) plan a holiday (d) check with the school
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) hears only one side (c) compares the options (d) changes mind with proof
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) shares without checking
12. 12.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) asks good questions (c) compares the options (d) looks for reasons
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) copies what all do (c) spots missing facts (d) decides in a hurry
14. 14.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “How do you know?”
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) checks the facts first (c) decides in a hurry (d) never asks why
20. 20.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) looks for reasons (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) ignores the facts (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
26. 26.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) copies what all do (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
28. 28.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Where do I pay?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
29. 29.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) copies what all do (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
31. 31.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
36. 36.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) thinks before deciding (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) copies what all do
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking

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