Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 575 · 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 not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) thinks before deciding
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 of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) looks for reasons
4. 4.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) plan a holiday (c) believe it at once (d) check with the school
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
6. 6.True or false: “believes every rumour” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
10. 10.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” 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: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks good questions (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
16. 16.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
17. 17.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to win every fight
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) asks “How do you know?”
19. 19.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
25. 25.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) changes mind with proof (c) hears only one side (d) asks good questions
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
33. 33.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) checks the facts first
37. 37.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) compares the options (d) copies what all do
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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