Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 753 · 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.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) asks good questions (c) never asks why (d) looks for reasons
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) listens to both sides (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
4. 4.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) picks the first idea (c) copies a friend (d) flips a coin
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
6. 6.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) hears only one side (c) thinks before deciding (d) checks the facts first
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) ignores the facts (d) checks the facts first
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) hears only one side (d) changes mind with proof
12. 12.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) compares the options (c) asks good questions (d) hears only one side
14. 14.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) asks good questions (c) listens to both sides (d) copies what all do
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) never asks why
19. 19.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) hides the fact (c) changes their mind (d) argues anyway
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
25. 25.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) believes every rumour
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) never asks why (c) trusts any website (d) ignores the facts
30. 30.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) spots missing facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) decides in a hurry
35. 35.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Where do I pay?” (b) “Can I buy two?” (c) “Is it blue?” (d) “What makes it best?”
37. 37.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) listens to both sides (c) copies what all do (d) decides in a hurry
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) looks for reasons (c) checks the facts first (d) believes every rumour
40. 40.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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