What Is Life? QUIZ

Which of the following terms best describes green plants?

• multicellular heterotrophs

• multicellular autotrophs

• unicellular autotrophs

• unicellular heterotrophs

Which of the following is NOT a chemical of life?

• mineral

• water

• nucleic acid

• carbohydrate

The one factor that a scientist changes in an experiment is called the

• responding variable

• hypothesis

• controlled variable

• manipulated variable

A bird fluffs its feathers to trap body heat to keep warm during winter months. This is an example of

• homeostasis

• homeopathy

• spontaneous generation

• asexual reproduction

_____ reproduction involves only one parent.

• sexual

• reproduce

• asexual

• development

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The process of change during an organism’s life that results in a more complex organism is called _____.

• growth

• development

Bacteria, the most numerous organisms on Earth, are

______organisms.

• unicellular

• multicellular

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Another name for living things is organisms.

• True

• False

Organisms break down and build up materials in a process

called ______.

• homeostasis

• metabolism

• development

• surroundings

In sexual reproduction, offspring are _____ the parent.

• different

• identical

• similar

• like to

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3