Characteristics of Life Quiz

When a baby kitten becomes an adult cat, this is an example of...

• energy metabolism
• growth and development
• response to stimuli
• having cells

Living things are based on a universal genetic

code. What molecule is responsible for that code?

• RNA

• Lipid

• Protein

• DNA

Maintaining a stable internal

environment is called

• homeostasis

• equilibrium

• balance

• evenness

Identify the characteristic: 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

Identify the characteristic: A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes.

• All living things adapt/respond to their environment

• All living things grow

• All living things have cells

• All living things use energy

Fire is living because it has 6 of the 8 characteristics of life. 

• True 
• False

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic shared by all living organisms?

• Ability to move
• Ability to grow and develop
• Made up of one or more cells
• Responds to stimuli

In order for something to be considered a living organism, it must display _____ of the eight characteristics of living things.

• all
• some
• one
• more than half

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

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

A baby song bird hatches from its egg with both parent songbirds watching.

• All living things reproduce
• All living things maintain homeostasis
• All living things use energy
• All living things grow