Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 718 · 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) copies what all do (b) spots missing facts (c) believes every rumour (d) ignores the facts
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
3. 3.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) changes mind with proof
5. 5.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) hears only a friend (c) hears both sides (d) backs the louder one
6. 6.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “What makes it best?”
8. 8.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) listens to both sides
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) never asks why (d) asks “How do you know?”
11. 11.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) asks good questions
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) hears only one side
17. 17.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
22. 22.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “How do you know?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
25. 25.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
28. 28.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to look clever (c) to win every fight (d) to make better choices
30. 30.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) never asks why (c) checks the facts first (d) shares without checking
33. 33.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who shares without checking? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) changes mind with proof (c) shares without checking (d) copies what all do
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) copies what all do
39. 39.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) thinks before deciding (c) spots missing facts (d) asks “How do you know?”

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