Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 376 · 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) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) compares the options (d) decides in a hurry
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) copies what all do (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
3. 3.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
6. 6.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) asks good questions (d) listens to both sides
9. 9.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) spots missing facts (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) thinks before deciding (c) never asks why (d) hears only one side
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) copies a friend (d) picks the first idea
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
15. 15.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) compares the options (c) copies what all do (d) listens to both sides
18. 18.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) gets angry (c) argues anyway (d) hides the fact
27. 27.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) never asks why (d) spots missing facts
29. 29.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) believes every rumour
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) thinks before deciding
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) looks for reasons
40. 40.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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