Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 563 · 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.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) changes their mind (b) hides the fact (c) argues anyway (d) gets angry
2. 2.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) checks the facts first
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) decides in a hurry
5. 5.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) spots missing facts
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
8. 8.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “What makes it best?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) listens to both sides (c) trusts any website (d) asks “How do you know?”
18. 18.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
20. 20.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
25. 25.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) spots missing facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) looks for reasons
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) ignores the facts (d) listens to both sides
30. 30.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) compares the options (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
36. 36.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) asks good questions (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
38. 38.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) spots missing facts
40. 40.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False

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