Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 368 · 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 checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Who cares?”
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) changes mind with proof
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) compares the options (d) trusts any website
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) checks the facts first (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
9. 9.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) check with the school (b) tell everyone (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
11. 11.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) shares without checking
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) hears only one side
16. 16.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
18. 18.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) asks “How do you know?”
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) spots missing facts (c) compares the options (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) hears only one side
31. 31.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) compares the options (c) copies what all do (d) listens to both sides
34. 34.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) thinks before deciding (d) copies what all do
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
40. 40.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False

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