Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 495 · 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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) believing all you hear (c) clear, fair thinking (d) thinking very fast
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) spots missing facts (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) shares without checking (c) trusts any website (d) spots missing facts
7. 7.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
10. 10.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) compares the options (c) shares without checking (d) listens to both sides
19. 19.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
22. 22.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) looks for reasons (c) shares without checking (d) thinks before deciding
24. 24.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) changes mind with proof (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) copies what all do
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) compares the options (d) checks the facts first
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
34. 34.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to make better choices (b) to win every fight (c) to look clever (d) to stop asking
35. 35.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) trusts any website
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) asks “How do you know?”
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) believes every rumour (d) trusts any website

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