Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 201 · 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 believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) listens to both sides (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
5. 5.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) believing all you hear (c) criticising people (d) clear, fair thinking
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) listens to both sides (d) shares without checking
15. 15.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) check with the school (c) believe it at once (d) plan a holiday
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) spots missing facts (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
21. 21.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) changes mind with proof
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) listens to both sides (d) shares without checking
27. 27.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) gets angry (c) argues anyway (d) changes their mind
28. 28.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) compares the options (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) checks the facts first
34. 34.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) listens to both sides
36. 36.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) thinks before deciding (c) ignores the facts (d) never asks why
38. 38.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) compares the options (d) asks “How do you know?”
40. 40.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to stop asking (d) to make better choices

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