Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 433 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) trusts any website (d) looks for reasons
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) checks the facts first
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) checks the facts first (c) spots missing facts (d) never asks why
12. 12.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
13. 13.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
15. 15.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to make better choices (c) to stop asking (d) to win every fight
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) never asks why (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
18. 18.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
21. 21.True or false: “shares without checking” 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) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) gets angry (c) argues anyway (d) changes their mind
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) shares without checking (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) never asks why (d) copies what all do
27. 27.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
29. 29.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) listens to both sides
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
37. 37.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) shares without checking (c) never asks why (d) believes every rumour
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts

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