Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 893 · 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? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
2. 2.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) copies what all do (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) checks the facts first
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) never asks why
4. 4.True or false: “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) copies a friend (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) decides in a hurry (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
7. 7.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
8. 8.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) decides in a hurry (c) looks for reasons (d) asks “How do you know?”
10. 10.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to stop asking (b) to win every fight (c) to look clever (d) to make better choices
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) never asks why (b) shares without checking (c) changes mind with proof (d) decides in a hurry
15. 15.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) hears only one side (c) shares without checking (d) checks the facts first
19. 19.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) shares without checking (c) compares the options (d) hears only one side
21. 21.🛒 A poster says “The best bag in the world!” A critical thinker asks… (a) “Is it blue?” (b) “Where do I pay?” (c) “Can I buy two?” (d) “What makes it best?”
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) copies what all do (b) trusts any website (c) decides in a hurry (d) listens to both sides
24. 24.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “How do you know?”
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) checks the facts first (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) believes every rumour
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) looks for reasons (c) checks the facts first (d) asks “How do you know?”
27. 27.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) believes every rumour (c) thinks before deciding (d) listens to both sides
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
31. 31.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) spots missing facts (c) decides in a hurry (d) copies what all do
32. 32.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) hears only a friend (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
34. 34.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
35. 35.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
36. 36.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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