CFU Characteristics of Living Things-

CFU-Characteristics of LIving Things

South Carolina 6th Grade Science

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not a Characteristic of a Living Organism

• They obtain and use resources for energy

• They grow and develop

• They reproduce

• They respond to stimuli

• Require a stable environment

Multiple Choice

What are the three things all livings need to survive?

• Oxygen, Carbon and Water

• Water and sunlight

• Food Oxygen and Water

• Food and Water

Multiple Choice

Growth, development, repairing of cells are considered which of the following?

• The characteristics of all living things

• The basic processes of life for living things

• The essential requirements to be considered nonliving

• The thing that makes humans different

Multiple Choice

The 2 types of living organisms can be best described by which statement below.

• Autotrophs make food from the sugars of other organisms

• Heterotrophs are living things that eat meat only

• Heterotrophs make their own food and Autotrophs get their food from outside sources.

• Autotrophs make their own food and Heterotrophs get their food from outside sources.

Multiple Choice

The process by which all take organisms burn their food is called

• Photosynthesis

• Transpirations

• Respiration

• Photorespiration

Multiple Choice

Examples of responding to a stimulus are:

• Available water and food, Temperature changes, Seasonal Changes, Response to light

• Reacting to an explosion

• Going on vacation during the summer

• Temperature changes in your house, A person Reacting when the power goes out

Multiple Choice

Why are plants autotrophs?

• Plants automatically lose their leaves

• Because Animals can eat Plants

• Because they can make their own food

• Plants cannot eat other organisms

Multiple Choice

What is meant by reproduction?

• To produce offspring that have similar characteristics as the parents.

• To make new organisms

• to make more food

• To make new cells inside a organism

Multiple Choice

What are the 2 types of reproduction?

• Asexual and ReSexual

• Asexual that uses only one parent that makes an identical offspring of the parent & Sexual that uses 2 parents and produces offspring that are a combination of the 2 parents

• Sexual that uses only one parent that makes an identical offspring of the parent & Asexual that uses 2 parents and produces offspring that are a combination of the 2 parents

• Sexual and Non-Sexual

Multiple Choice

Which individual will have the Egg and which will have the sperm in Sexual reproduction?

• Males have eggs and sperm is carried by the female.

• Sperm is produced by the male and Eggs are carried by the female

Multiple Choice

Asexual reproduction

• involves 2 parents

• Involves 1 parent and produces an exact copy of the parent

• Involves 1 parent and produced an offspring similar to the parent

• Involves 2 parents and produces exact copies of both parents

Multiple Choice

When an organism changes due to a process over the life of the organism, is this growth or development?

• Growth

• Development

• Both

Multiple Choice

When a organism gets bigger in size. It this Growth or Development

• Development

• Growth

• Both