Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 854 · 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 not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) hears only one side (c) spots missing facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
2. 2.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
4. 4.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
5. 5.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) ignores the facts (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
7. 7.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
10. 10.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) flips a coin (d) stops and thinks
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) thinks before deciding (b) asks good questions (c) hears only one side (d) spots missing facts
12. 12.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
14. 14.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
15. 15.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) believe it at once (b) plan a holiday (c) check with the school (d) tell everyone
16. 16.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
17. 17.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) spots missing facts (c) hears only one side (d) trusts any website
19. 19.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
20. 20.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) never asks why
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) checks the facts first (c) never asks why (d) thinks before deciding
23. 23.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) asks good questions (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) thinks before deciding
26. 26.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “How do you know?”
28. 28.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) decides in a hurry (c) shares without checking (d) thinks before deciding
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) spots missing facts (d) ignores the facts
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) trusts any website
32. 32.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears both sides (c) hears only a friend (d) walks away
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 don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) compares the options (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) copies what all do
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) compares the options (c) checks the facts first (d) thinks before deciding
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
39. 39.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking

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