Characteristics of Living Things Quiz

All living things share certain characteristics. Which of the following is a characteristic shared by all living things?

• Growth and development

• Inability to reproduce

• Lack of response to stimuli

• Absence of metabolism

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What is the basic unit of life?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organism

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What is a change or signal in the environment that makes an organism react in some way?

• Stimulus

• Response

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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What do producers use for their energy source?

• sunlight

• water

• soil

• wind

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An organism that gets its energy by eating other organisms is called:

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Autotroph

When people saw flies swarming around spoiled meat, they concluded that the meat produced the flies. They mistaken the idea that living things came from nonliving things. This belief is known as:

• Spontaneous generation

• Biogenesis

• Abiogenesis

• Evolution

What was the name of the Italian scientist that proved the idea of spontaneous generation wrong?

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Francesco Redi

What are the basic needs all living things must have?

• Food, water, shelter, air. and homeostasis

• Food, water, rent, and entertainment

• Shelter, clothing, food, and money

• Air, water, and technology

The maintenance of stable internal conditions is called?

• homeostasis

• metabolism

• photosynthesis

• respiration

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The process of grouping things based on their similarities is called:

• Classification

• Segmentation

• Differentiation

• Identification