Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 529 · 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 thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) listens to both sides (d) ignores the facts
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) looks for reasons (c) believes every rumour (d) checks the facts first
5. 5.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) decides in a hurry (c) ignores the facts (d) believes every rumour
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) believes every rumour (c) copies what all do (d) compares the options
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) asks good questions
12. 12.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) asks good questions
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) never asks why (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
19. 19.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
26. 26.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) spots missing facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) copies what all do
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
29. 29.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) listens to both sides (d) believes every rumour
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) hears only one side
36. 36.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) changes mind with proof (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) shares without checking
37. 37.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) checks the facts first (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”

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