Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 874 · 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) spots missing facts (b) copies what all do (c) thinks before deciding (d) looks for reasons
2. 2.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
5. 5.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) believes every rumour (c) never asks why (d) checks the facts first
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) copies what all do (c) checks the facts first (d) never asks why
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) compares the options (c) asks good questions (d) shares without checking
9. 9.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
10. 10.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) hears only one side (c) asks good questions (d) checks the facts first
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
12. 12.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) plan a holiday (b) check with the school (c) tell everyone (d) believe it at once
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) looks for reasons (d) listens to both sides
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.True or false: “asks good questions” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “trusts any website” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) asks good questions (c) decides in a hurry (d) believes every rumour
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) compares the options (c) trusts any website (d) checks the facts first
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Is it lunch yet?” (c) “How do you know?” (d) “Who cares?”
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) ignores the facts (c) listens to both sides (d) hears only one side
24. 24.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
28. 28.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
30. 30.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) compares the options (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) ignores the facts (d) spots missing facts
33. 33.True or false: “trusts any website” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) thinks before deciding (c) believes every rumour (d) looks for reasons
35. 35.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) clear, fair thinking (d) believing all you hear
36. 36.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) stops and thinks (b) copies a friend (c) picks the first idea (d) flips a coin
37. 37.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
38. 38.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
39. 39.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True

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