Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 415 · 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.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) decides in a hurry
9. 9.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
10. 10.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
13. 13.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
14. 14.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) argues anyway (c) changes their mind (d) gets angry
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) asks “How do you know?”
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) spots missing facts
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks good questions (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) trusts any website
27. 27.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) copies what all do
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) checks the facts first (c) copies what all do (d) spots missing facts
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) never asks why (c) thinks before deciding (d) checks the facts first
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) checks the facts first

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