Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 957 · 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: “I thought it was true, but this new fact changes my mind.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: “That is one side. What does the other side say?” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “hears only one side” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks good questions (b) copies what all do (c) looks for reasons (d) asks “How do you know?”
5. 5.🎯 Why is critical thinking useful? (a) to win every fight (b) to stop asking (c) to make better choices (d) to look clever
6. 6.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Is it lunch yet?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Who cares?” (d) “Why bother?”
7. 7.True or false: “listens to both sides” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: “ignores the facts” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
10. 10.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
13. 13.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) changes mind with proof (c) copies what all do (d) asks “How do you know?”
14. 14.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
15. 15.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) checks the facts first (b) ignores the facts (c) copies what all do (d) trusts any website
16. 16.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
17. 17.True or false: “copies what all do” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: “I decided before I heard the facts.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) checks the facts first (d) trusts any website
21. 21.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears only a friend (b) backs the louder one (c) walks away (d) hears both sides
22. 22.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I don’t need to check. I just know.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
23. 23.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) spots missing facts (c) trusts any website (d) shares without checking
24. 24.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) decides in a hurry (d) ignores the facts
25. 25.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
26. 26.True or false: “If it is on a website, it must be right.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔁 A new fact shows that your answer was wrong. A good thinker… (a) gets angry (b) argues anyway (c) changes their mind (d) hides the fact
29. 29.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “I decided before I heard the facts.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) trusts any website (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) thinks before deciding
31. 31.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
32. 32.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) spots missing facts (b) checks the facts first (c) ignores the facts (d) asks good questions
33. 33.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) hears only one side (b) ignores the facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) shares without checking
36. 36.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) hears only one side (c) believes every rumour (d) looks for reasons
39. 39.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
40. 40.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True

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