Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 177 · 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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) spots missing facts (c) believes every rumour (d) looks for reasons
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) looks for reasons (c) ignores the facts (d) thinks before deciding
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) hears only one side (d) asks good questions
7. 7.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
17. 17.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) never asks why (d) ignores the facts
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) hears only one side (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
21. 21.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) picks the first idea (d) flips a coin
22. 22.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) walks away (d) backs the louder one
23. 23.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) compares the options (d) checks the facts first
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) changes mind with proof (c) asks good questions (d) believes every rumour
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) changes mind with proof
30. 30.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “What makes it best?”
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) thinks before deciding (d) trusts any website
32. 32.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) believing all you hear (b) criticising people (c) thinking very fast (d) clear, fair thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) hears only one side
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
38. 38.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) trusts any website (d) asks “How do you know?”

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