Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 653 · 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.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to look clever (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
2. 2.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
4. 4.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
6. 6.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) shares without checking
11. 11.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
14. 14.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
18. 18.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) walks away (c) hears only a friend (d) hears both sides
19. 19.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) spots missing facts (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) spots missing facts
23. 23.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) compares the options (c) decides in a hurry (d) shares without checking
28. 28.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
30. 30.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) picks the first idea
31. 31.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) listens to both sides
36. 36.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) believes every rumour (c) looks for reasons (d) changes mind with proof
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) looks for reasons (c) copies what all do (d) ignores the facts
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
39. 39.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False

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