Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 218 · 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.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) shares without checking (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) thinks before deciding (d) trusts any website
6. 6.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) never asks why (d) shares without checking
8. 8.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) listens to both sides (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
12. 12.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) asks good questions (d) trusts any website
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) changes mind with proof (d) never asks why
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) believes every rumour
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) thinks before deciding (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
19. 19.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) changes mind with proof (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) hears only one side (d) shares without checking
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) tell everyone (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) spots missing facts (c) copies what all do (d) changes mind with proof
33. 33.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) shares without checking (d) changes mind with proof
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side

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