Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 683 · 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 stop asking (b) to look clever (c) to win every fight (d) to make better choices
2. 2.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) believes every rumour (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) compares the options
5. 5.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
10. 10.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) compares the options (c) looks for reasons (d) believes every rumour
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) ignores the facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) trusts any website (b) compares the options (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) checks the facts first
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
17. 17.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) compares the options
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) never asks why (d) thinks before deciding
25. 25.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) flips a coin (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
27. 27.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
29. 29.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) thinks before deciding (d) spots missing facts
33. 33.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) changes mind with proof (d) hears only one side
36. 36.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
38. 38.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker

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