Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 965 · 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? “Both answers sound good. Let me compare them.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) spots missing facts (b) listens to both sides (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) never asks why
3. 3.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) spots missing facts (c) thinks before deciding (d) trusts any website
5. 5.⚖️ Two friends argue about a rule of a game. A fair thinker… (a) hears both sides (b) walks away (c) backs the louder one (d) hears only a friend
6. 6.True or false: “checks the facts first” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who ignores the facts? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
8. 8.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
11. 11.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Wait — let me read the label before I decide.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
12. 12.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
13. 13.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) decides in a hurry (b) checks the facts first (c) never asks why (d) shares without checking
15. 15.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: “compares the options” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: “decides in a hurry” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) hears only one side (c) spots missing facts (d) asks good questions
19. 19.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) asks good questions (b) listens to both sides (c) looks for reasons (d) ignores the facts
20. 20.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who decides in a hurry? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
21. 21.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who asks “How do you know?”? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
22. 22.🧠 What does critical thinking mean? (a) clear, fair thinking (b) criticising people (c) believing all you hear (d) thinking very fast
23. 23.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who listens to both sides? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
24. 24.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) picks the first idea (c) copies a friend (d) stops and thinks
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) trusts any website (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) ignores the facts
26. 26.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) ignores the facts (b) decides in a hurry (c) asks good questions (d) believes every rumour
27. 27.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
28. 28.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) shares without checking (b) listens to both sides (c) asks good questions (d) checks the facts first
29. 29.True or false: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Why bother?” (b) “Who cares?” (c) “Is it lunch yet?” (d) “How do you know?”
32. 32.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) never asks why (c) ignores the facts (d) asks “How do you know?”
33. 33.True or false: “never asks why” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) never asks why (b) copies what all do (c) hears only one side (d) thinks before deciding
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: “looks for reasons” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who compares the options? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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