Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 370 · 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 of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
2. 2.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Who cares?”
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
5. 5.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) believes every rumour (d) compares the options
7. 7.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
8. 8.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks good questions (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) listens to both sides (c) thinks before deciding (d) hears only one side
14. 14.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) changes their mind (c) gets angry (d) argues anyway
17. 17.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) shares without checking (c) spots missing facts (d) asks good questions
23. 23.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) copies what all do (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) believing all you hear (d) thinking very fast
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) hears only one side
33. 33.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) spots missing facts (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
38. 38.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks “How do you know?”
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options

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