Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 234 · 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 spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) walks away (c) hears only a friend (d) hears both sides
3. 3.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
7. 7.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) spots missing facts (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) changes mind with proof (c) spots missing facts (d) compares the options
11. 11.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) copies what all do
13. 13.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) changes mind with proof (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) believes every rumour
19. 19.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) never asks why (d) spots missing facts
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) ignores the facts
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) thinks before deciding (c) decides in a hurry (d) spots missing facts
25. 25.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) believes every rumour (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) clear, fair thinking (c) thinking very fast (d) believing all you hear
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) trusts any website (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) copies what all do (c) thinks before deciding (d) looks for reasons

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