Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 357 · 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 copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
4. 4.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) tell everyone
5. 5.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
12. 12.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) compares the options
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) looks for reasons (c) believes every rumour (d) shares without checking
14. 14.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) changes mind with proof
19. 19.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) thinks before deciding (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) looks for reasons (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) asks good questions
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) checks the facts first (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) copies what all do (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
27. 27.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) thinks before deciding (c) copies what all do (d) compares the options
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
31. 31.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) gets angry (c) changes their mind (d) hides the fact
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) compares the options (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
39. 39.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) decides in a hurry

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