Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 459 · 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: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) changes mind with proof (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) asks good questions (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) changes mind with proof (d) trusts any website
7. 7.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) checks the facts first (c) listens to both sides (d) changes mind with proof
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) asks good questions (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
15. 15.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) trusts any website
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) looks for reasons (c) thinks before deciding (d) decides in a hurry
21. 21.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) listens to both sides (c) asks good questions (d) believes every rumour
23. 23.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) hears both sides (c) backs the louder one (d) walks away
24. 24.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
27. 27.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
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: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) hears only one side
36. 36.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) compares the options (c) thinks before deciding (d) hears only one side
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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