Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 259 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) thinks before deciding
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
6. 6.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) believes every rumour (c) spots missing facts (d) compares the options
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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) hides the fact (c) changes their mind (d) argues anyway
19. 19.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to look clever
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
27. 27.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) decides in a hurry
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) decides in a hurry
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
38. 38.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) thinks before deciding (d) changes mind with proof
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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