Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 920 · 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.True or false: “shares without checking” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
4. 4.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) shares without checking (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) decides in a hurry
5. 5.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) flips a coin (c) picks the first idea (d) stops and thinks
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) decides in a hurry (b) looks for reasons (c) spots missing facts (d) compares the options
16. 16.True or false: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “checks the facts first” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) hears only one side (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) listens to both sides (d) compares the options
19. 19.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) believes every rumour (c) trusts any website (d) changes mind with proof
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
22. 22.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) believes every rumour (c) listens to both sides (d) decides in a hurry
23. 23.True or false: “listens to both sides” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) looks for reasons (b) thinks before deciding (c) believes every rumour (d) spots missing facts
27. 27.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
32. 32.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) argues anyway (b) gets angry (c) hides the fact (d) changes their mind
33. 33.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) ignores the facts
34. 34.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks good questions? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) changes mind with proof (b) looks for reasons (c) decides in a hurry (d) compares the options
37. 37.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) walks away (b) backs the louder one (c) hears only a friend (d) hears both sides
40. 40.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) never asks why (b) checks the facts first (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts

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