Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 644 · 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? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) thinks before deciding (c) copies what all do (d) hears only one side
3. 3.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) looks for reasons (b) shares without checking (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
6. 6.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) spots missing facts (d) never asks why
8. 8.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
9. 9.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) believes every rumour (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) looks for reasons (d) listens to both sides
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) trusts any website
13. 13.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) compares the options (c) hears only one side (d) ignores the facts
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) never asks why (d) compares the options
18. 18.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) changes mind with proof (c) ignores the facts (d) spots missing facts
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
23. 23.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
30. 30.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) believing all you hear (c) thinking very fast (d) criticising people
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) check with the school (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) changes their mind (c) gets angry (d) hides the fact
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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