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Characteristics of Life Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When an organism has the ability to maintain stable internal conditions it is considered to be at ___________.
a)
Homeostasis
b)
Full Growth
c)
Full Development
d)
Hungry
2.
Any living thing is referred to as a(n) ___________.
a)
Compound
b)
Element
c)
Organism
d)
Atom
3.
The basic building block of all living things.
a)
Cell
b)
Element
c)
Compound
d)
Organism
4.
Any living things that is composed of ONE cell.
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
c)
Living
d)
Non-Living
5.
Any living thing composed of more than one cell.
a)
Unicellular
b)
Multicellular
c)
Compound
d)
Element
6.
A type of cell that is very simple, with few internal structures, and has circular DNA, . 
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Multicellular
d)
Compound
7.
A type of cell that is very complex, has many internal structures that perform jobs, and has spiral DNA.
a)
Prokaryotic
b)
Eukaryotic
c)
Autotroph
d)
Heterotroph
8.
An organism that has the ability to make its own food.
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
c)
Cell
d)
Element
9.
An organism that does NOT have the ability to make its own food.
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Cell
d)
Atom
10.
A natural substance that can not be broken down into simpler substances.
a)
Element
b)
Compound
c)
Autotroph
d)
Organism
11.
A substance that is two or more elements chemically combined.
a)
Element
b)
Compound
c)
Organism
d)
Cell
12.
Any change that an organism undergoes in order to survive.
a)
Growth
b)
Development
c)
Adaptation
d)
Element
13.
The process of an organism becoming bigger.
a)
Growth
b)
Development
c)
Adapatation
d)
Cell
14.
A change in an organism that can not be measured or directly seen. (Ability to walk, ability to talk, ability to move) 
a)
Growth
b)
Development
c)
Cell
d)
Organism
15.
Which of the following is NOT something an organism needs to survive.
a)
Food
b)
Water
c)
Sunlight
d)
Carbon Dioxide
16.
What is the most abundant chemical in a cell?
a)
Water
b)
Carbon
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Carbon Dioxide
17.
All living things must _________ in order to continue their species of life.
a)
Reproduce
b)
Eat
c)
Move
d)
Read
18.
Adaptation can develop overnight.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Why must and animal adapt to their surroundings?
a)
To SURVIVE
b)
To Eat
c)
To Develop
d)
To Grow
20.

Select all of the characteristics that living organisms would have.

a)

Metabolize Energy

b)

Composed of Chemicals

c)

Breath

d)

Adapt to Surrounding

21.

Most single-celled organisms...

a)

reproduce asexually

b)

reproduce sexually

c)

have complex tissues

d)

are prokaryotic

22.

Which kind of living things have DNA in their cells?

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

d)

All living things have DNA in their cells

23.

Reproduction that only involves one parent and all offspring are identical; for example, binary fission of bacteria or amoebas.

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

c)

Division

d)

Addition

24.

Reproduction that involves two cells from different parents unite to produce the first cell of a new organism.

a)

Asexual

b)

Sexual

c)

Budding

d)

Division

25.

A camel has eyelashes that work to keep the dust and sand out of its eyes. This is an example of which characteristic of life?

a)

All living things adapt to their environment

b)

All living things grow

c)

All living things have cells

d)

All living things use energy

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