Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 844 · 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.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
2. 2.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “Why bother?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “How do you know?”
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) thinking very fast (b) believing all you hear (c) clear, fair thinking (d) criticising people
6. 6.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) hears only one side (c) listens to both sides (d) looks for reasons
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) checks the facts first
8. 8.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
9. 9.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) decides in a hurry (c) compares the options (d) trusts any website
10. 10.True or false: “ignores the facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
16. 16.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
19. 19.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) thinks before deciding (b) changes mind with proof (c) believes every rumour (d) asks “How do you know?”
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who hears only one side? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) spots missing facts (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
23. 23.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) looks for reasons (c) ignores the facts (d) decides in a hurry
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) spots missing facts (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) ignores the facts (c) copies what all do (d) compares the options
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) never asks why (c) thinks before deciding (d) listens to both sides
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) listens to both sides (c) asks good questions (d) copies what all do
30. 30.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) thinks before deciding (c) ignores the facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) checks the facts first (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
34. 34.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) asks good questions (c) never asks why (d) believes every rumour
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
37. 37.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) flips a coin (c) copies a friend (d) picks the first idea
38. 38.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
40. 40.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False

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