Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 367 · 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 question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) never asks why (d) spots missing facts
6. 6.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) walks away (d) backs the louder one
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) hears only one side
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) ignores the facts (c) trusts any website (d) hears only one side
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) listens to both sides (d) checks the facts first
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) changes mind with proof (d) hears only one side
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) thinks before deciding (c) never asks why (d) believes every rumour
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
21. 21.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
27. 27.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) spots missing facts (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
31. 31.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
34. 34.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) ignores the facts (c) compares the options (d) spots missing facts
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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