Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 613 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) trusts any website (d) changes mind with proof
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) ignores the facts (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) shares without checking
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) listens to both sides (c) spots missing facts (d) asks good questions
7. 7.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “How do you know?”
14. 14.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) believes every rumour (c) compares the options (d) shares without checking
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
24. 24.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) tell everyone (d) believe it at once
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) spots missing facts (d) ignores the facts
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) thinks before deciding (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) decides in a hurry (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) changes mind with proof (c) ignores the facts (d) copies what all do
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) changes their mind (c) hides the fact (d) argues anyway
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True

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