Science Practice

Which is the correct definition of “alive”? (Choose all the correct)

• Living things have highly organized, complex structures

• Living things have capacity to take in, transform and use energy from the environment

• Living things can respond to stimuli

• Living things have the capacity to reproduce themselves, grow, and develop

• Living things can run, jump, fly magically, and maintain a chemical compound

Which is a correct example of a living thing interacting with it’s environment?

• The squirrel ate the nuts.

• The pigs flew around the pot

• The squirrel committed suicide

• The rabbit ate nothing

Can a seed be considered a non-living thing

• No

• Yes

• Under certain circumstances

Choose all the Characteristics of living things.

• They can grow and have cells

• They can have cells and don’t use any energy

• They can sense and respond and use energy

• They have DNA and cant reproduce

• They can reproduce and have DNA

Would a clock be considered living since it can use energy?

• No

• Yes

• Maybe

• Not quite but it is

• It was living

Do all living things have to have the 6 characteristics of living things to be considered living?

• Yes

• No

• Cells don’t have Cells so No

• There are some exceptions for cells

• Under some circumstances

Do all living things depend on something?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• Not all

• Not quite

What do frogs, owls, and hare all have in common?

• They all depend on something

• They can all change color

• They can adapt to anything

• They all have fur

• They are all brown and white

What does DNA do?

• By passing DNA to the offspring the offspring gets the parents traits

• By passing DNA to the offspring the offspring does not get the parents traits

• DNA is what processes our food

• DNA is why we are living

• By having DNA, we get our cousins traits

What do cells do?

• They carry out the activities for life

• They process oxygen to the lungs

• They carry blood to the heart