Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 705 · 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.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) walks away (c) hears both sides (d) hears only a friend
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) asks good questions
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
6. 6.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) changes mind with proof (c) never asks why (d) asks “How do you know?”
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) ignores the facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) looks for reasons (d) checks the facts first
11. 11.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) spots missing facts
19. 19.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) shares without checking (c) copies what all do (d) thinks before deciding
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
26. 26.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) listens to both sides (b) shares without checking (c) believes every rumour (d) hears only one side
28. 28.True or false: “believes every rumour” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) compares the options (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
30. 30.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) ignores the facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) hears only one side
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
35. 35.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
36. 36.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
38. 38.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking

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