Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 248 · 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 compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
5. 5.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) trusts any website (d) looks for reasons
10. 10.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) shares without checking (d) believes every rumour
14. 14.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) stops and thinks (c) copies a friend (d) picks the first idea
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) changes mind with proof (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
21. 21.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) trusts any website (c) spots missing facts (d) checks the facts first
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) shares without checking (d) asks good questions
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) asks good questions (c) believes every rumour (d) spots missing facts
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) changes mind with proof (d) decides in a hurry
32. 32.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) spots missing facts (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
35. 35.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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