Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 85 · 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.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) trusts any website (d) changes mind with proof
5. 5.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) check with the school (c) plan a holiday (d) believe it at once
6. 6.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) changes mind with proof (d) asks “How do you know?”
8. 8.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) changes mind with proof (c) spots missing facts (d) looks for reasons
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) never asks why (d) decides in a hurry
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) believes every rumour (b) spots missing facts (c) ignores the facts (d) decides in a hurry
18. 18.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) compares the options (c) hears only one side (d) believes every rumour
22. 22.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
23. 23.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who believes every rumour? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
25. 25.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to look clever (b) to win every fight (c) to make better choices (d) to stop asking
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
33. 33.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “Where do I pay?” (d) “What makes it best?”
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) decides in a hurry (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) asks good questions
36. 36.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) looks for reasons (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
38. 38.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) copies what all do (d) never asks why
39. 39.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
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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