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Living or Nonliving

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is necessary for all organisms to perform the basic functions of life? 
a)
growth
b)
energy
c)
development
d)
waste
2.
Is a plant living, nonliving, or once alive? 
a)
All of the above
b)
Living
c)
Nonliving
d)
Once alive
3.
Is fire living, nonliving, or once alive? 
a)
Once Alive
b)
Nonliving
c)
Alive
d)
None of the above
4.
Is a robot living, nonliving, or once alive? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Once alive
d)
None of the above
5.
Is water living, nonliving, or once alive? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Once alive
d)
None of the above
6.
Is lightning living, nonliving, or once alive? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Once alive
d)
None of the above
7.
Is bacteria living, nonliving, or once alive? 
a)
Living
b)
Nonliving
c)
Once alive
d)
None of the above
8.
How do we know that coral is alive? 
a)
It grows.
b)
It reproduces.
c)
It uses energy. 
d)
All of the above. 
9.
How do we know that a seed is alive? 
a)
It grows and develops. 
b)
It comes from the Earth. 
c)
It has a protective shell. 
d)
They are often carried by the wind. 
10.
How do we know a phone is not alive? 
a)
It doesn't consume energy. 
b)
It doesn't reproduce on its own. 
c)
It doesn't respond to its environment. 
d)
It doesn't maintain homeostasis (balance, like temperature control, with its environment). 
11.
What does it mean for an organism (living thing) to respond to external stimulus? 
a)
The organism moves, reacts, or somehow utilizes resources from the external environment. 
b)
The organism uses energy from the environment, like solar energy, to create food for itself. 
c)
The organism becomes afraid when a predator appears nearby and flees. 
d)
All of the above. 
12.
A living object must do all the following  except...
a)
eat
b)
move
c)
sing
d)
grow
13.
All living things have these characteristics except...
a)
fur
b)
ability to reproduce
c)
a way to get nourishment
d)
grow/change
14.
ALL LIVING THINGS MAKE NEW LIVING THINGS
a)
INTERACTION
b)
REPRODUCTION
c)
NUTRITION
d)
CELEBRATION
15.
an organism is a living thing
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
I dont know
d)
know
16.
true false
do all organisms have the ability to sense change
a)
true
b)
false
c)
I dont know
17.
Do living things stay the way they are when they are first born?
a)
Almost Never if they don't need to grow.
b)
Sometimes if they have to grow.
c)
Yes because they don't have to grow.
d)
No, all organisms have to grow in some way.
18.
What can all living things do? (even plants)
a)
Crawl
b)
Walk
c)
Move
d)
Use sunlight as food
19.
Do all living things have cells?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Maybe 
d)
I don't know
20.
If you can digest food you are...
a)
Non-living
b)
Asleep
c)
Living
d)
Awake
21.
If you never grow that means...
a)
You are an organism that can speak.
b)
You are a living organism.
c)
You are a non-living organism.
d)
You are an organism that has limbs.
22.
Plants move towards the
a)
Ground to get more nutrients from the soil
b)
Sideways to block themselves from the sun
c)
They don't move at all
d)
Towards the sun
23.
Which one of the following is considered a living thing?
a)
A clock
b)
A tree
c)
A brick
d)
A computer
24.
All living things do which of the following?
a)
Chemosynthesis
b)
Respiration
c)
photosynthesis
d)
all of the answers
25.
A plant is releasing a gas. What is the mosl tlikely the gas?
a)
co2
b)
methane
c)
water vapor
d)
oxygen
26.
Which process is responsible for releasing energy? 
a)
response to stimuli
b)
growth
c)
reproduction
d)
respiration
27.
In photosynthesis ...
a)
water is made
b)
light energy is change to glucose
c)
osmosis happens
d)
ATP is made
28.
Two new genetically identical cells result from this life process.
a)
Synthesis
b)
Sexual Reproduction
c)
Asexual Reproduction
d)
Nutrition
29.
Offspring have a combination of hereditary information from both parents.
a)
Asexual Reproduction
b)
Growth
c)
Nutrition
d)
Sexual Reproduction
30.
Cellular wastes, such as excess water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and urea (a nitrogenous waste) are removed from the body through this life process.
a)
Egestion
b)
Respiration
c)
Excretion
d)
Reproduction
31.
Cellular energy used to carry out many different life processes is produced as a result of
a)
cellular reproduction
b)
cellular respiration
c)
cellular excretion
d)
nutrition
32.
Which type of reproduction results in a clone?
a)
Sexual
b)
Asexual
c)
Test tube in a lab
d)
Meiosis
33.
Where organ of the plant does MOST photosynthesis occur?
a)
stem
b)
leaves
c)
flower
d)
roots
34.
This organism is a _________.
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
35.
Autotrophs are also know as __________ because they make their own food.
a)
Consumer
b)
Herbivore
c)
Producer
d)
Omnivore
36.
The lion in this picture is a ________.
a)
Autotroph/Carnivore
b)
Autotroph/Herbivore
c)
Heterotroph/Carnivore
d)
Heterotroph/Producer
37.
Which of these is not a Heterotroph/Consumer?
a)
Plant
b)
Decomposer
c)
Ominivore
d)
Herbivore