Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 225 · 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? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
6. 6.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to stop asking (d) to win every fight
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) looks for reasons
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) hears both sides (c) hears only a friend (d) backs the louder one
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
15. 15.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
16. 16.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) trusts any website
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) never asks why
19. 19.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) decides in a hurry
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) compares the options (d) believes every rumour
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) spots missing facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks “How do you know?”
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) believes every rumour
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) copies what all do
30. 30.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) spots missing facts (d) never asks why
33. 33.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True

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