Critical Thinking Worksheet: What Is Critical Thinking

Critical thinking lesson 1: What is critical thinking? · Set 976 · 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: “looks for reasons” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) listens to both sides (b) checks the facts first (c) shares without checking (d) asks good questions
4. 4.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “The first answer I thought of must be correct.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
5. 5.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) shares without checking (b) trusts any website (c) looks for reasons (d) copies what all do
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) asks “How do you know?” (c) spots missing facts (d) never asks why
7. 7.True or false: “My friend said it, so it must be true.” shows careless thinking. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) hears only one side (c) looks for reasons (d) compares the options
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) listens to both sides (b) thinks before deciding (c) shares without checking (d) asks “How do you know?”
10. 10.True or false: “compares the options” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “spots missing facts” is not critical thinking. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: “never asks why” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: “shares without checking” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is what a critical thinker does? (a) trusts any website (b) shares without checking (c) ignores the facts (d) changes mind with proof
15. 15.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “That is one side. What does the other side say?” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
16. 16.True or false: “spots missing facts” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who spots missing facts? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
18. 18.True or false: “I don’t need to check. I just know.” shows careful thinking. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hears only one side (b) changes mind with proof (c) asks good questions (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.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careless thinking. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who changes mind with proof? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) decides in a hurry (b) asks good questions (c) asks “How do you know?” (d) spots missing facts
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) looks for reasons (b) decides in a hurry (c) believes every rumour (d) copies what all do
25. 25.True or false: “thinks before deciding” is what a critical thinker does. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) believes every rumour (b) never asks why (c) hears only one side (d) listens to both sides
27. 27.True or false: “asks “How do you know?”” is not critical thinking. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) asks “How do you know?” (b) listens to both sides (c) changes mind with proof (d) ignores the facts
29. 29.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who thinks before deciding? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
30. 30.🔎 Which question does a critical thinker ask most? (a) “Who cares?” (b) “How do you know?” (c) “Why bother?” (d) “Is it lunch yet?”
31. 31.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who copies what all do? (a) not critical thinking (b) critical thinker
32. 32.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “If it is on a website, it must be right.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
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.🐢 Before a big choice, a critical thinker… (a) flips a coin (b) picks the first idea (c) stops and thinks (d) copies a friend
35. 35.📣 A classmate says the school will be shut all next week. What should you do first? (a) tell everyone (b) believe it at once (c) plan a holiday (d) check with the school
36. 36.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “Why did the plant die? Let me look for the reason.” (a) careless thinking (b) careful thinking
37. 37.True or false: “Everyone is sharing it, so I will share it too.” shows careful thinking. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🧠 Careful or careless thinking? “My friend said it, so it must be true.” (a) careful thinking (b) careless thinking
39. 39.Which of these is not critical thinking? (a) checks the facts first (b) decides in a hurry (c) changes mind with proof (d) spots missing facts
40. 40.🧠 Critical thinker or not: someone who looks for reasons? (a) critical thinker (b) not critical thinking

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