Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 853 · 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 decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
2. 2.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) never asks why (c) changes mind with proof (d) looks for reasons
5. 5.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) trusts any website (c) compares the options (d) spots missing facts
6. 6.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Can I buy two?” (b) “Is it blue?” (c) “What makes it best?” (d) “Where do I pay?”
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) compares the options (d) ignores the facts
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) believes every rumour (c) decides in a hurry (d) checks the facts first
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
17. 17.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) listens to both sides (c) ignores the facts (d) copies what all do
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) trusts any website (c) hears only one side (d) asks good questions
19. 19.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) ignores the facts
22. 22.True or false: “hears only one side” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) hides the fact (b) argues anyway (c) gets angry (d) changes their mind
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) compares the options (c) asks good questions (d) ignores the facts
26. 26.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) checks the facts first (c) compares the options (d) believes every rumour
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
30. 30.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) asks good questions
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False

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