Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 265 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) hears only one side (c) spots missing facts (d) thinks before deciding
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) spots missing facts (d) decides in a hurry
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) never asks why (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
16. 16.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) clear, fair thinking (c) criticising people (d) believing all you hear
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
19. 19.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
22. 22.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) spots missing facts (c) never asks why (d) ignores the facts
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks good questions (b) never asks why (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
26. 26.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to make better choices (b) to win every fight (c) to look clever (d) to stop asking
27. 27.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) gets angry (c) hides the fact (d) changes their mind
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks good questions (c) spots missing facts (d) decides in a hurry
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) asks good questions
30. 30.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) looks for reasons (c) trusts any website (d) copies what all do
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) decides in a hurry (c) copies what all do (d) believes every rumour
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) ignores the facts (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
34. 34.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) checks the facts first (c) believes every rumour (d) trusts any website
36. 36.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Where do I pay?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) thinks before deciding (d) compares the options
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) never asks why (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
40. 40.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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