Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 488 · 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) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) decides in a hurry
2. 2.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
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 of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) shares without checking (d) changes mind with proof
8. 8.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to win every fight (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
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.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) hears only one side
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
18. 18.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) changes mind with proof
21. 21.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
23. 23.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) thinks before deciding (c) copies what all do (d) never asks why
25. 25.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) argues anyway (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) spots missing facts (d) looks for reasons
30. 30.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) hears only one side
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) spots missing facts (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) thinks before deciding
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) changes mind with proof (c) compares the options (d) never asks why
38. 38.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True

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