Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 237 · 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: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) asks “How do you know?”
3. 3.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) argues anyway (c) hides the fact (d) gets angry
4. 4.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
6. 6.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
8. 8.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) changes mind with proof
11. 11.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) checks the facts first (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
16. 16.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) thinks before deciding (c) spots missing facts (d) listens to both sides
17. 17.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
19. 19.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
30. 30.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) changes mind with proof
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) hears only one side (b) looks for reasons (c) spots missing facts (d) checks the facts first
35. 35.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.⚖️ 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

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