Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 166 · 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 what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) spots missing facts
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) believing all you hear (c) thinking very fast (d) criticising people
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) hears only one side (d) copies what all do
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) shares without checking (c) never asks why (d) looks for reasons
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
8. 8.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) spots missing facts (c) ignores the facts (d) compares the options
10. 10.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks good questions (b) trusts any website (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) never asks why
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
20. 20.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
25. 25.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🛒 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?”
28. 28.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) changes mind with proof
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
33. 33.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
37. 37.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) never asks why (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do

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