Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 931 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) copies what all do (b) looks for reasons (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) checks the facts first (b) ignores the facts (c) changes mind with proof (d) compares the options
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) ignores the facts (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) never asks why
4. 4.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) backs the louder one (b) walks away (c) hears both sides (d) hears only a friend
5. 5.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
6. 6.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) hears only one side (d) checks the facts first
7. 7.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) criticising people (b) thinking very fast (c) believing all you hear (d) clear, fair thinking
8. 8.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
9. 9.True or false: “copies what all do” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) copies a friend (b) stops and thinks (c) flips a coin (d) picks the first idea
11. 11.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) ignores the facts (c) looks for reasons (d) hears only one side
12. 12.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) checks the facts first (c) trusts any website (d) listens to both sides
14. 14.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who checks the facts first? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
16. 16.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) spots missing facts (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who trusts any website? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) shares without checking (b) changes mind with proof (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
23. 23.True or false: “changes mind with proof” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) thinks before deciding (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
25. 25.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) changes mind with proof (b) checks the facts first (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) ignores the facts
26. 26.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) compares the options (c) looks for reasons (d) decides in a hurry
27. 27.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
28. 28.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
29. 29.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) changes mind with proof (c) spots missing facts (d) thinks before deciding
30. 30.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
32. 32.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
34. 34.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
36. 36.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
37. 37.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) compares the options (c) hears only one side (d) decides in a hurry
40. 40.True or false: “Who says so? Let me check before I believe it.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False

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