Characteristics of Life Quiz

Living things respond to heat, light, and sound.  This means they respond to:

• stimuli
• homeostasis
• metabolism
• digestion

The release or use of chemical energy involves:

• homeostasis
• metabolism
• stimuli
• evolve

During ___________ conditions inside our body are kept stable (the same)

• metabolism
• growth and development
• homeostasis
• stimulus

Which of the following is NOT NEEDED by living organisms to survive?

• DNA
• Respond to change
• permanent home
• they reproduce

When you step out into the cold, your body shivers in order to keep its temperature at 98.6 degrees F.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

Green plants produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis.

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things grow

A caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

• All living things adapt to their environment
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

An amoeba is a unicellular organism. Which characteristic of life is this?

• All living things use energy
• All living things contain cells
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

A tulip opens in the morning at sunrise and closes in the evening at sunset.

• All living things have cells
• All living things use energy
• All living things respond to their environment
• All living things grow

A cat is an organism that has a respiratory system that contains lungs and a trachea.

• All living things contain cells
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things have different levels of organization
• All living things grow