Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 665 · 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) decides in a hurry (b) compares the options (c) ignores the facts (d) shares without checking
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) listens to both sides (c) checks the facts first (d) hears only one side
4. 4.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) walks away (c) hears both sides (d) backs the louder one
5. 5.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) never asks why (d) listens to both sides
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) looks for reasons
9. 9.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) compares the options (c) shares without checking (d) thinks before deciding
12. 12.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) copies a friend
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) spots missing facts (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) never asks why
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
19. 19.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless 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: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) looks for reasons (c) believes every rumour (d) ignores the facts
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
27. 27.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “Why bother?”
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) compares the options (c) listens to both sides (d) changes mind with proof
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks good questions
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) spots missing facts
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
37. 37.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Can I buy two?”
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking

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