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WorksheetsLiving Things and Classification
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the place where a plant or animal finds its needs to survive?
a)
Habitat
b)
Location
c)
Organism
d)
Survive
2.
A living thing, plants and animals are these.
a)
Requirements for life
b)
Habitat
c)
Location
d)
Organism
3.
An animal that hunts and eats other animals is called a what?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
food chain
d)
producer
4.
An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals is called what?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
decomposer
d)
producer
5.
A living thing whose food comes from eating other living things is called what?
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
producer
d)
consumer
6.
An organism that makes its own food is called what?
a)
prey
b)
consumer
c)
producer
d)
decomposer
7.
A living thing that breaks down waste and plant and animal remains for its source of energy is called what?
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
predator
8.
Which is not a characteristic of living things?
a)
response to environment
b)
reproduction
c)
cellular organization
d)
breathes carbon dioxide only
9.
Which is not a characteristic of living things?
a)
chemicals of life
b)
energy use
c)
walks
d)
growth and development
10.
A frog lays eggs. This is an example of:
a)
cellular organization
b)
chemicals of life
c)
energy use
d)
reproduction
11.
A table does not get any bigger once it is built. This is because it:
a)
uses chemicals of life
b)
reproduces
c)
uses energy
d)
does not grow or develop
12.
The ability to maintain a body's internal conditions is called:
a)
hopeosis
b)
homeostasis
c)
maintenance
d)
internalizing
13.
All organisms are made of:
a)
carbon
b)
sulfur
c)
skin
d)
cells
14.
All animals need a way to get ______ (usually food).
a)
Vitamin D
b)
calcium
c)
energy
d)
bones
15.
the smallest unit that can perform all life processes
a)
cell
b)
stimulus
c)
homeostasis
d)
heredity
16.
anything that causes a reaction or change in an organism or any part of an organism.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
stimulus
d)
cell
17.
the maintenance of a constant internal state in a changing environment
a)
metabolism
b)
heredity
c)
homeostasis
d)
consumer
18.
reproduction in which the cells from two parents unite, producing offspring that share traits from both parents
a)
sexual reproduction
b)
asexual reprodcution
c)
producer
d)
consumer
19.
reproduction in which one parent produces offspring identical to itself
a)
sexual reproduction
b)
producer
c)
asexual reproduction
d)
consumer
20.
the sum of all chemical processes that occur in an organism
a)
heredity
b)
metabolism
c)
stimulus
d)
cell
21.
Plant grows toward the light.
a)
responding to change
b)
dna
c)
reproduce
22.
Humans sweat when it is hot outside
a)
grow and develop
b)
DNA
c)
responding to change
d)
reproduction
23.
I ate breakfast this morning
a)
respond to environment
b)
use energy
c)
reproduce
d)
grow and develop
24.
If it is cold, I put on a jacket
a)
grow and develop
b)
respond to change
c)
reproduce
d)
use energy
25.
All living things grow and develop.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Living things have to have MORE THAN one cell.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Living things require energy to survive.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
A ___________ organism is made of MORE THAN one cell.
a)
ultiple
b)
multicellular
c)
multiplication
d)
multitasking
29.
What is reproducing?
a)
To make offspring similar to the parents
b)
To eat
c)
To read
d)
To do homework
30.
An example of homeostasis includes maintaining
a)
oxygen levels
b)
body temperature
c)
blood sugar levels
d)
ALL OF THESE
31.
The telephone ringing is an example of a
a)
stimulus
b)
simulation
c)
similarity
32.
What is the picture showing?
a)
Animal
b)
consumer
c)
producer
d)
lettuce
33.
A living thing that must eat to get food energy is called?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
34.
Tigers, Jellyfish, Gorillas and Sponges are all part of kingdom _______.
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
35.
What kingdom is always multicellular, heterotrophic and has NO cell wall?
a)
Protista
b)
Fungi
c)
Plantae
d)
Animalia
36.
All of the following have a nucleus except...
a)
Bacteria
b)
Animalia
c)
Plantae
d)
Protista
37.
You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
38.
This kingdom contains heterotrophic organisms that can be unicellular or multicellular. Organisms from this kingdom can sometimes cause athlete's foot or ringworm.
a)
Fungi
b)
Animalia
c)
Protista
d)
Archaebacteria
39.
Which kingdom would this organism belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Archaebacteria
c)
Protista
d)
Animalia
40.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
41.
This domain contains organisms that have a true nucleus in each of their cells. This domain breaks down into four kingdoms.
a)
Animalia
b)
Archaea
c)
Bacteria
d)
Eukarya
42.
Organisms that are classified as unicellular are --
a)
seen with the naked eye
b)
many celled organisms
c)
single celled organisms
d)
able to make their own food
43.
Which domain contains organisms that are unicellular, prokaryotic, and can cause strep throat or e. coli infections?
a)
Eukarya
b)
Archaea
c)
Fungi
d)
Bacteria
44.
Sexual Reproduction requires ______ parents
a)
0
b)
1
c)
2
d)
3
45.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
46.
The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific.
a)
Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species
b)
Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order
c)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus
47.
What are the three domains?
a)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eubacteria
b)
Archaea, Protists, and Eubacteria
c)
Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
d)
Archaea, Fungi, Animalia
48.
Which of the following organisms are MOST closely related?
a)
organisms that share a domain
b)
organisms that share a family
c)
organisms that share a genus
d)
organisms that share an order
49.
What is the most specific level of classification?
a)
Family
b)
Domain
c)
Species
d)
Carolus Linnaeus
50.
A change in an organism's surroundings that causes it to react is called
a)
a stimulus.
b)
a response.
c)
development.
d)
energy.
51.
Responding to change helps an organism to survive, which is the best example of a response to change:
a)
A polar bear hides it's cubs from danger.
b)
You move your hand away from a hot surface when you touch it.
c)
A cell only grows in a certain enviroment.
d)
Geese migrate to the south for the winter.
52.
What do living things use energy for?
a)
to grow
b)
to make energy
c)
to reproduce
d)
all of these
53.
Which one of these are NOT one of the six characteristics of a living thing?
a)
Composed of cells
b)
Using energy
c)
Can move
d)
Respond to stimulus in the environment
54.
This stores our genetic information:
a)
DNA
b)
lipids
c)
ATP
d)
flash drives
55.
Living things do all the following EXCEPT:
a)
Respond to stimulus
b)
Grow and develop
c)
Maintain homeostasis
d)
They do not change
56.
Living things respond to changes in light, heat, sound, and chemical and mechanical contact. This means they respond to:
a)
stimuli
b)
suction
c)
Dr. Seuss
d)
digestion
57.
What is growth?
a)
staying the same height
b)
doing your homework
c)
running
d)
getting larger and stronger
58.
When an organism creates more of its own kind. Creating offspring.
a)
Respiration
b)
Reproduction
c)
Digestion
d)
Excrete
59.
All living things reproduce, what are the 2 ways living things reproduce?
a)
Asexual, Birth
b)
Sexual, Asexual
c)
Reproducing, Sexual
d)
Birth, Reproducing
60.
Which is an example of an organism using homeostasis?
a)
A dog panting to lower body temperature
b)
Walking sticks blending in
c)
Growing from a tadpole into a frog
d)
Shivering to lower body temperature
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