Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 292 · 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) believes every rumour (b) changes mind with proof (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks good questions
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
4. 4.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) shares without checking (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) checks the facts first
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) compares the options (d) checks the facts first
8. 8.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks good questions (c) never asks why (d) looks for reasons
10. 10.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to look clever
16. 16.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) believes every rumour
19. 19.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) listens to both sides
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) ignores the facts
24. 24.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) spots missing facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) listens to both sides
26. 26.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) picks the first idea
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) copies what all do (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
33. 33.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
38. 38.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) backs the louder one (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
39. 39.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) hears only one side (c) spots missing facts (d) checks the facts first

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