Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 261 · 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 of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) looks for reasons
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
3. 3.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
5. 5.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) copies what all do (c) listens to both sides (d) thinks before deciding
9. 9.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “What makes it best?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “Is it blue?”
11. 11.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) believe it at once (c) check with the school (d) plan a holiday
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) listens to both sides (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) trusts any website (c) asks good questions (d) spots missing facts
26. 26.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) shares without checking (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
30. 30.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) changes their mind (c) argues anyway (d) hides the fact
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) hears only one side (d) asks “How do you know?”
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) copies a friend
37. 37.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) never asks why
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side

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