Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 567 · 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) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) spots missing facts
2. 2.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) copies what all do
6. 6.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
8. 8.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) looks for reasons (c) asks good questions (d) believes every rumour
11. 11.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) checks the facts first (c) changes mind with proof (d) listens to both sides
17. 17.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
22. 22.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) hides the fact (c) changes their mind (d) argues anyway
23. 23.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical 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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) ignores the facts (b) checks the facts first (c) listens to both sides (d) asks “How do you know?”
30. 30.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) copies what all do (c) ignores the facts (d) asks good questions
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) checks the facts first (d) compares the options
33. 33.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) stops and thinks (c) copies a friend (d) flips a coin
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) looks for reasons (c) listens to both sides (d) asks good questions
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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