Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 887 · 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? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) never asks why (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
3. 3.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
4. 4.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
6. 6.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) picks the first idea (b) copies a friend (c) stops and thinks (d) flips a coin
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
11. 11.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) believes every rumour (c) asks good questions (d) thinks before deciding
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who never asks why? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
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 is the odd one out? (a) compares the options (b) trusts any website (c) believes every rumour (d) decides in a hurry
16. 16.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) hears only one side (c) spots missing facts (d) changes mind with proof
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
18. 18.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) shares without checking (c) looks for reasons (d) asks good questions
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) ignores the facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) hears only one side
23. 23.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) ignores the facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) checks the facts first
25. 25.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) hears only one side (c) asks good questions (d) believes every rumour
27. 27.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
30. 30.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) copies what all do (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
32. 32.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
33. 33.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
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) checks the facts first (c) thinks before deciding (d) compares the options
36. 36.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
38. 38.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: “asks good questions” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False

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