Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 434 · 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 not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) asks “How do you know?”
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) copies what all do (d) looks for reasons
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) changes mind with proof (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
8. 8.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) believes every rumour (c) checks the facts first (d) copies what all do
9. 9.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to look clever (c) to win every fight (d) to make better choices
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) changes mind with proof
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) looks for reasons (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
22. 22.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
24. 24.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) thinks before deciding (d) spots missing facts
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) tell everyone (c) plan a holiday (d) check with the school
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) decides in a hurry (d) never asks why
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) decides in a hurry (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
36. 36.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) listens to both sides
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) shares without checking (d) changes mind with proof
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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