Comparing Plants and Animals

How are plants and animals alike?

• Both are living things that grow and change.

• Both are nonliving things that grow and change.

• Both are living things that eat animals.

• Both can make their own food.

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What is a unique feature of animals compared to plants?

• Need for sunlight

• Ability to move voluntarily

• Absorption of carbon dioxide

• Production of flowers

What is the biggest difference between animals and plants?

• Plants produce their own food and animals do not

• Plants are green.

• Plants are shiny.

• Plants grow roots and humans do not.

What is a common characteristic of both plants and animals?

• Both can photosynthesize.

• Both have cell walls.

• Both are made up of cells.

• Both can fly.

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Which of the following is a process unique to plants?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

• Excretion

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What do animals require that plants do not?

• Water

• Sunlight

• Oxygen

• Food from external sources

Which of the following structures is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?

• Nucleus

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• Ribosome

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How do plants primarily obtain their energy?

• From consuming other organisms

• Through photosynthesis

• By absorbing nutrients from soil

• By breathing oxygen

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What is a major difference in the way plants and animals grow?

• Plants grow by cell division, animals do not.

• Animals grow by cell division, plants do not.

• Plants grow continuously throughout their life, animals do not.

• Animals grow continuously throughout their life, plants do not.

Which of the following is a characteristic of animal cells but not plant cells?

• Cell wall

• Chloroplasts

• Centrioles

• Large central vacuole